Folios 59-60. Memorandum of a conference held at Maestricht on 15 May between the...

Folios 59-60. Memorandum of a conference held at Maestricht on 15 May between the Prince of Waldeck and the Marquis of Bettemar, General of the Spanish Artillery. Details troops and horses to be contributed by the Prince of Waldeck and the Marquis de Gastanaga towards the forming of a body of 15,000 men. Waldeck reached this decision for the following reasons: because the resolution at the Hague shows a desire to secure the barriers of the Low Countries; the force extending to the neighbourhood of Oudenarde, Flanders will be covered; troops, if required, can be sent into Flanders fom Breda and Bergen-op-Zoom; the enemy will not be able to detach troops on the side of the Meuse; Waldeck's cavalry will be re-inforced, and some can be detached, if needful, on the Rhine, and finally, because a good understanding would be restored between Gastanaga and himself.