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[Major General] John Huske to Chesterfield, enclosing an report from Bergen op Zoom...

Catalogue reference: SP 87/23/10

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This record is about the [Major General] John Huske to Chesterfield, enclosing an report from Bergen op Zoom... dating from 11 July 1747 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Military Expeditions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 87/23/10
Date
11 July 1747
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[Major General] John Huske to Chesterfield, enclosing an report from Bergen op Zoom [SP 87/23/11]. The bearer was told by a Dutch skipper that Zandvliet had fallen. Breda could not hold out many days, but Bergen op Zoom should make a good defence. Lord John Murray has gone there with two regiments of highlanders. The French have 40 armed vessels at Dendermonde. He quotes from a letter from Rotterdam on the campaign in Italy. Dated at Flushing. ff. 18, 19

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