Rabenhaupt in Veldhausen 1674 III

Uit: Johann David Köhlers, Muntenboek, Volume 10



From a 1738 book on coins and history by Johann David Kohlers, a quote on the proceedings of the belligerents in 1674 being:


'Whilst in the year 1674, the Bishop of Munster, entered the frozen land and water of the Province of Groningen, via the Monestary of Ter Apel with a thousand man on horse and foot, attacked the town of Winschoten and the surrounding villages and plundered them, he next passed through the county of Bentheim. As a reaction Rabehaupt attacked the Munster-land with 5000 men. He passed the fortress of Grambergen, that was occupied with Munster troops, and moved to Nordhorn, in which he ordered Captain Broersma to stay with some of his men. Rabenhaupt moved to Neuenhaus, which was occuoied with 900 men. because the water lelev was that high, he couldn't storm the place at once.

Meanwhile, about 3000 Munster cavalry attacked Broersma in Nordhorn,but he could hold out long enough to hold the place until he was relieved by Rabenhaupt, who chased teh Munster troops away. After this, Rabenhaupt started the siege of Neuenhaus again, and on the 7. March with 5 regiments the town was stormed. The fierce attack took place between the Feldhunser water mill and the Frenkweger gate, by the regiments of Rabenhaupt and Eybergen. After three quarter of an hour of fierce fighting, the Munster troops retreated to the castle. Again thre enemy attacked vigorously, and thus quarter was asked and given, and the place changed sides again. 26 officiers and 600 men were captured. After a few days Rabenhaupt was ordered to move again. Eybergen had to hold the place with 9 companies on foot and 5 on horse to demolish the earth-works. On the 19th of aprl though general Nagel attacked the place again and stormed the town succesfully.

P.S. if you click on the pic above, it will direct you to the book and the right page.

Rabenhaupt in Veldhausen 1674 II

Uit: Geschiedenis van den oorlog der Munsterschen en Keulschen, in verbond met Frankrijk, tegen Holland, in de jaren 1672, 1673 en 1674, naar authentieke berigten en gelijktijdige schrijvers van G.B. Depping.

Tja, weer wat bijzonders: nu is de arme Eybergen zelfs in Munsterland gesneuveld. In augustus 1674 sneuvelde hij echt bij Seneffe.



Two quotes from the dutch version of the Depping book on Bernard van Galen. According to the French and the Munster sources, Eybergen is said to have died in Munsterland, after a raid by Rabenhaupt in the Bentheim area. Rabenhaupt was threatened to got cut off and 'fled' to Coevorden, but Eybergen wasn't so lucky. According to Depping that is.

In fact Eybergen died in augustus 1674 in the Battle of Seneffe.

Rabenhaupt in Veldhausen 1674

Op diverse plaatsen op het internet is het volgende, in verschillende vormen te vinden:

Tijdens de Hollandse Oorlog had Carl von Rabenhaupt, baron van Sucha, zijn hoofdkwartier in Veldhausen. De tent en de baronskroon in het wapen zijn hierop gebaseerd. In 1674 werd Von Rabenhaupt bij Veldhausen door Bernhard von Galen verslagen..

Na enig speurwerk, blijkt dit citaat afkomstig te zijn uit dit boek van Wessel Friedrich Visch, die zich baseert op dit boek, wat later in het duits is vertaald.

Uit de duitse vertaling komt boven geplaats plaatje: Rabenhaupt trok Munster binnen, het ging goed tot Nordhorn, de vijand verenigde zich en Rabenhaupt trok terug naar Coevorden. Eybergen werd bij Veldhausen ingesloten en op 21 maart 1674 (dit komt dan van van Alpen) werd Eybergen daar gevangen genomen.

Opvallend is, dat dit eigenlijk de enige bron is, die dit vermeld. Rabenhaupt zelf vermeldt er helemaal niets over in zijn brief van 28 maart 1674 die ik hier onder plaats. Opvallend is ook dat de beweerdelijke veldslag een dag voor het sluiten van de vrede met Munster werd gesloten, wat ik ook al een aanwijzing vind dat het verhaal van van Alpen met enige korrels zout genomen moet worden.



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When you do a google search with Rabenhaupt and Veldhausen, you will find that in 1674 Rabenhaupt was beaten by the Munster troops at a small place called Veldhausen. I have found the source of this quote, and I could trace it back to this book, a history of the County of Bentheim. Visch, the author, referes again to a biography by van Alpen of van Galen, and the high-german translation is on top of this post. High german version

Visch also added the date of the 21st of march 1674, which is rather remarkable, as this date was just before the final conclusion of peace between the republic and Munster and also remarkable is the fact that Rabenhaupt himself doesn't mention the loss of a battle at all in his report to the States of Groningen. Basically he is stating the opposite of van Alpen, claiming a great victory!