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Marlborough [to Nottingham]: he congratulates him on the good news from Portugal....

Catalogue reference: SP 87/2/23

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SP 87/2/23
Date
1703 Jun 03
Description

Marlborough [to Nottingham]: he congratulates him on the good news from Portugal. Stanhope has been directed to press the states [general] to supply their share of the 12,000 men. If the archduke and the 12,000 men can be in Portugal by September, he thinks the allies should go on the defensive [in Flanders]. He will march when he hears that Cohorn is in motion. Dated at camp at Haneffe. ff. 44, 45

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English
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Marlborough [to Nottingham]: he congratulates him on the good news from Portugal....

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