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SIEGE OF VALENCIENNES,
Or, The Entrance of the
BRITISH TROOPS TO FRANCE.
Mr. ASTLEY, Jun. having completed the necessary Scenery Machinery, and Stage-Business (from Plans taken on the Spot by his Father), representing the most important Occurrence during the Bombardment of Valenciennes; and which he begs leave most respectfully to lay before the Public.
ROYAL SALOON.
ASTLEY’s AMPHITHEATRE,
WESTMINSTER-BRIDGE.
Will be presented various Comic Entertainments.
TO-MORROW EVENING, Sept. 23, 1793,
AND EVERY EVENING THIS WEEK.
The COMPANY of HORSEMEN,
(Twelve of the most eminent Performers in Europe)
Will go through several extraordinary Equestrian Exercises.
A pantomimical Sketch, consisting of various laughable Incidents, called,
HARLEQUIN’s MEDLEY.
A Comic Dance, relived by burlesqued Action, called,
The TIPSY WOOD-CUTTER.
A Musical Piece (taken from a well-known Subject) called,
The TERMAGANT WIFE;
Or, JERRY SNEAK IN HIS GLORY.
The whole of the Evening Amusements to conclude with a new grand Military Spectacle, in Three Parts—Interspersed with Songs, Duets, Chorusses [sic], and various striking and interesting War Operations, as practiced with great Art by the Besiegers and Besieged, called, The
SIEGE OF VALENCIENNES;
Or, the
ENTRANCE of the BRITISH TROOPS into FRANCE.
Displaying the Brilliant, Gallant, and successful Manoeuvres of the Allied Armies; more particularly the British and Hanoverian Forces, under the Command of his Royal Highness the Duke of York, whose successful Operations have been so honourable to the British Nation; particularly on the memorable 23d of May last, when the Whole French Army was drove from their supposed impregnable Post of Mount St. Michael, Camp at Famars, &c. quitting immense Batteries (constructed with infinite Skill and Labour) to the Possession of the brave British and Hanoverian Troops, led on by his two Royal Brothers, Prince Ernest and Prince Adolphus.
Amongst numerous Scenery and Machinery, will be displayed the following, viz. A SCENE, giving the Public an Idea of the entire BLOCKADE, &c. and for further Information will be marked thus: A. Glacis. B. Covert Way. C. Counterscarpe. D. Ditch. E. Horn-work. F. Walls of the City. G. City of Valenciennes. H. Scheldt. I. Town-house. K. Observatory, National Flag, &c.
After the OVERTURE, The Manner of opening the Intrenchments; the situation of the British Battery, constructed by the ingenious Col. Moncrieff, and defended by the gallant Major Congreve, with the brave Officers and Men under his Command; particularly the well-directed Fire, which dismounted several of the Enemies Cannon and Mortars, notwithstanding three distinct French Batteries were firing rapidly against it. The Mine, and Miners at Work—Lines of Communication—Redoubts, &c.—Inundation of the Village of Fontinelle—Miserable Situation of the Inhabitants—The City on Fire in various Parts, particularly the Church of St. Nicholas, wherein Eight Thousand Stand of Arms were destroyed—The Effect of Bombs by Dawn of Day—the most deplorable Situation of Men, Women, and Children, forced thereby into the Cellars, and their Habitations in Ruins, which their providential Escape—Springing the Mines, Storming the Horn-work, Covert-way, and Capitulation, with the grand TRIUMPHAL ENTRY of Part of the Combined Armies into Valenciennes, headed by his Royal Highness the Duke of York, and other illustrious Personages, amidst the Acclamation of the Inhabitants, Peasantry, &c.
The Scenery and Machinery painted by Messrs. Blackmore, Whitmore, Pascoli, Spitzer, and Cabanals.
The Music by Mr. SANDERSON.
Books of the Songs, Duets, Chorus, and Action, in the different Scenes; particularly the Valour of the Whole Brigade of Guards, Regiments of British Infantry, the Light Horse, the Matross, Artificers, &c. who so nobly executed every Military Service during the Siege, to be had at the Theatre, price 6d.
Boxes 3s. Pit 2s. Gallery 1s.
