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Part 1, Folio 84-86. Letter dated at Brussels from Otto Henry, Marquis de Carretto...

Catalogue reference: SP 8/1/36

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SP 8/1/36
Date
1683 Nov 8
Description

Part 1, Folio 84-86. Letter dated at Brussels from Otto Henry, Marquis de Carretto y Grana, to the Prince of Orange. I am sending the Comte de Lerclus [?] with his terz[i]o and eight companies of Spaniards of that of Moncada from Namur. I replace the Spanish from the new arrivals and the terzo by the regiment which is in Guelderland, for Namur is more important than Luxemburg and I cannot lessen its garrison without replacing it. With that there will be 3,000 effective soldiers in Luxemburg without the officers and the eight companies and three other companies. This is all I can do, till other troops come from Hanover or Germany. (He writes about how the troops are to march and what they are to do when they meet the French). All this is only for your Highness. I only hope that the troops which you will cause to be kept in Brabant and Flanders may remedy our misfortunes. I saw by the Gazette the wrongs they were doing your Highness in France. They support the rebels of Hungary, they incite the Pashas [?] at Constantinople to revolt. He also writes about the Court of Poland sending 35,000 foot, 10,000 horse and 4,000 dragoons. [ Almost illegible].

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Language
French
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