text:  It was part of the design of the Duke to have intercepted the line of retreat of the French and prevented them from reaching the Dyle to which they were tending; but such was the obstinacy and slowness of the Dutch generals that nothing could persuade them to make any further exertion and in defiance of the orders and remonstrances alike of Marlborough and Overkirk they pitched their tents and refused to take any part in the pursuit