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Folio 263: Thompson to Newcastle. Vanguard of Franco-Bavarian army makes contact...

Catalogue reference: SP 78/226/118

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SP 78/226/118
Date
1741 Dec 2
Description

Folio 263: Thompson to Newcastle. Vanguard of Franco-Bavarian army makes contact with Austrian army; the objective seems to be Prague; French popular opinion fears a reverse and distrusts Prussia and Saxony; Fleury's illness; French naval preparations.

Date and place: 1741 Dec 2 Paris.

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