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Marlborough to Boyle: he does not favour Lord Galway's project for capturing Vigo....

Catalogue reference: SP 87/5/31

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SP 87/5/31
Date
1709 Aug 26
Description

Marlborough to Boyle: he does not favour Lord Galway's project for capturing Vigo. He has received from a Russian officer a letter from Prince Menzykow with a relation of the battle [of Poltava], the capture of King Charles of Sweden and the Russian advance on Warsaw and Krakow. Holstein troops may be withdrawn from the allied service. Progress of the siege. Dated at camp at Orchies. ff. 63-66

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English
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