Folio 67. Memorandum written in the hand of the Prince of Waldeck. The Prince of...

Folio 67. Memorandum written in the hand of the Prince of Waldeck. The Prince of Waldeck to the King. Remarks on various points submitted in a memorandum concerning the conduct of the campaign: (a) barracks/confinement of the troops - to follow the enclosed disposition; (b) when to send back the 4,000 men of Baron de Spaen, on top of the 6,000 men staying with the State's army - the '15th' of that month led by Lieutenant General Bricmoor; (c) How to feed the men and horses at the barracks - those that cannot feed themselves, to the quarters of the State Magazine under the direction of Provedidor Machado; (d) What form the State's army should take - all troops currently composing the army to be held in one corps; (e) how to concert with the army between the Rhine and the Meuse and what concert to make with the armies on the High Rhine - they must push the principals of the troops to make magazines in Liege and to be ready to leave, forming this army [below?] the Rhine once the grass has regrown in order to facilitate the operations they might undertake, they will be pressed to form at the earliest opportunity to resist and occupy a part of the enemy; (f) What disposition to make of Halle and Nivelle - place 700 men commanded in Halle and 100 men detached to remain in Nivelle with orders from the Marquis of Gastanaga to retreat on the approach of a large enemy force; (g) what conduct to take should the enemy undertake a siege (NB the Marquis of Gastanaga wants more troops in Ostende, Aht [Ath?] and Audenarde [Oudenaarde?] as without more garrisons these places will be taken successively, especially Ostende which cannot be rescued and in which England has a great interest) - Charleroi, Aht [Ath?], and Audenarde [Oudenaarde?] to be rescued, but not Niport [Nieuport?] or Ostende these being too distant and leaving the rest of the country exposed; (h) Disposition for the magazines of Namur, Louvain, Brussels and Ghent and for 'chariots' to be able to provide relief rapidly - to be in the care of M Dyckvelt, having been asked by the King to see to that before his departure from Brussels; (i) Which post to take when the season and forage permit - as close to the enemy and with as advanced a post as possible; (j) Specifying to the Council of State which regiments will go on campaign so that they can be provided for - The King will do so on arrival at the Hague; (k) If the King would notify his intentions for the administration of his charge in his absence - He will do so.