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[Major General] John Huske to Chesterfield: he has arrived from Deal, is about to...

Catalogue reference: SP 87/23/157

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SP 87/23/157
Date
27 September 1747
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[Major General] John Huske to Chesterfield: he has arrived from Deal, is about to embark for Breda, and from thence to the army. Illness among the troops. All the plate on the island is to be called in and turned into coin. Inundation of the countryside. Incompetence (or worse) of the defence of Bergen op Zoom. Dated at Flushing. ff. 339, 340

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