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Rothes to Harrington: the French army is in the lines near Antwerp under Saxe, while...

Catalogue reference: SP 87/20/92

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SP 87/20/92
Date
1746 Jun 14
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Rothes to Harrington: the French army is in the lines near Antwerp under Saxe, while a detachment of 40,000 under Lowendal is besieging Mons. He encloses a list of the Hanoverians in their divisions as they arrived [SP 87/20/93]. Escapes of Dutch prisoners from Brussels and desertions from the French army. He encloses the record [SP 87/20/94] of the court martial of three dragoon deserters. He has suspended the sentence of death until he knows the king's pleasure. Dated at camp at Terhyde. ff. 160, 161

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English
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