Perhaps this is of some interest to you guys.
Quote: | State of that which could make the expense of the artillery that my very redoubtable and sovereign lord the Duke intends to take with him at the present time,: as he prescribes in his letters, consisting of 6 bombards, as many of iron as of metal, 6 mantlets for the said bombards, 6 sleds serving to the said mantlets, 12 stone balls for bombards, 6 bombardelles, 6 medium mantlets, 7 sleds for them, 12 stone balls for bombardelles, 6 mortars, 12 mortar stones, the serpentine Lambillon, 100 boulets for it, mantlets for trenches for mines, 10 courtaux, 2,000 stone balls for the said courtaux, 10 great serpentines, 3 serpentines: of l’hotel, 2 Jacquin serpentines and a serpentine of: Montlhery, 36 medium serpentines, 48 small serpentines, 200 arquebuses, 40,000 livres of lead as much in balls as in salmon and 600 galets of cast iron for great serpentines, 200 pavises with rests, 250 ridged pavises, 400 shields, 8,000 hand bows, 10,000 dozen arrows, 4,000 dozen bow strings, 12,000 crossbow bolts, 10,000 bolts of crenequin, barrels of powder and rope of Antwerp, 500 youges, 600 spears, 4,500 lead maces, 6,000 pikes, 1,200 lance shafts, 1,000 shafts of demi-lances, 1,200 batons chargois, 1,000 javelin shafts, 400 jacks for sappers, 300 sallets or iron bonnets, 1,000 spades, 600 iron shod shovels, 400 bill hooks, 300 wooden shovels, 1,000 pickaxes, 500 mattocks, 1,000 axes, 1,000 sickles, a windmill, 1,200 hand mills, 1,000 feet of bridge consisting of <wood, ouzieres, cherchles, iron work, rails, beams, sommiers and other things serving to the said bridge> and needing at least 100 carts, rope, iron work and menuites for the carpenters, rope for the carters, tallow of provision, the forge stuff, large hand lanterns, iron crowbars, saltpetre, sulphur and pitch [resin], sheets of iron, copper wire, leather sacks, nails, lanterns and bellows, patterns for the serpentines and lance heads, bags and tools of the carpenters, bags and tools of the carters, bags of the cannoneers, the houses of the Duke for which is needed 7 carts, 3 pavilions, and a tent for the Duke, 400 pavilions for the companies of the ordonnance and the gentlemen of the household of the Duke, 350 new sheds/stables, 26 tents with 2 poles, 7 pieces of tents for the Duke’s stable, 2 tents for the watch, 16 other pieces of tents and pavilions serving for the masters, lieutenants, receiver, controller and aides of the said artillery, canvas of the garrison, rope, nails, screws, wire, poles and about 2,000 tent pegs, ladders, leather boats, grappling irons, the blockhouse made at Malines, bags of the masters, lieutenants, receiver, controller and nobles helping with the said artillery. For the transport of all this artillery, it will be useful to have 5,245 horses, without counting those necessary for the transport of the powder, at the rate of 4 sols per day per horse, the expense for the transport of the artillery will be 1,049 livres per day. Men necessary for the making and moving of this artillery: 6 master bombardiers, 6 other cannoneers or bombardiers to fire the 6 bombardelles, 6 cannoneers for the 6 mortars, 20 others for the 9 courtaux and the 15 large serpentines, 40 others for the medium and small serpentines, 50 culveriners to fire the arquebuses, 14 cannoneers’ and bombardiers’ aides, Amand Millon, master carpenter, 8 carpenters on horseback, 95 carpenters on foot, master Wouters Teytin, master carter, 20 carters on foot, 50 servants, 45 assistant armourers, a master joiner for the houses of the Duke, 4 joiners under his orders, 2 other assistants to carry wood, 4 stretchers of tents, 20 carpenters for tents and pavilions, 200 other stretchers of tents, 400 sappers, 2 master farriers, 4 farriers, 1 master cutter of stone, 6 assistant stone cutters, 3 assistant founders of plummets, 8 sailors for the boats, 4 millers, 50 miners, 24 assistants on horse back aides of the artillery. Total of the wages of men necessary to service the artillery: 201 livres 9 sols per day. General total with the expenses for carriage 1,250 livres 9 sols per day. |
In the french text the sappers are called pioneers so I take it they did the work clearing the way.
Quote: | Equipment for sappers and miners
Next comes a list of equipment for mining, trench digging and for sappers in general, table 3.
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Table 3 Equipment for sappers and miners
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400 jacks for sappers 300 wooden shovels
300 sallets or iron bonnets 1,000 pickaxes
1,000 spades 500 mattocks
600 iron shod shovels 1,000 axes
400 bill hooks 1,000 sickles
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Quote: | Table 7 Other personnel
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Amand Millon – master carpenter
8 carpenters on horseback
95 carpenters on foot
Master Wouters Teytin – master carter
20 carters on foot
50 servants
45 assistant armourers
A master joiner for the houses of the Duke
4 joiners under his orders
2 other assistants to carry wood
4 stretchers of tents
20 carpenters for tents and pavilions
200 other stretchers of tents
400 sappers
2 master farriers
4 farriers
1 master cutter of stone
6 assistant stone cutters
3 assistant founders of plummets
8 sailors for the boats
4 millers
50 miners
24 assistants on horseback – aides of the artillery
Total 953 |
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