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Ligonier to Bathiani, enclosing a copy of his commission from the king showing he...

Catalogue reference: SP 87/20/124

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This record is about the Ligonier to Bathiani, enclosing a copy of his commission from the king showing he... dating from 1746 Jul 14 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Military Expeditions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 87/20/124
Date
1746 Jul 14
Description

Ligonier to Bathiani, enclosing a copy of his commission from the king showing he shares the same rank as Waldeck. He commands a corps of 31,000, which will probably increase. He cannot obey his instructions to act in accordance with councils of war if he is not admitted to those councils. He will send Bathiani's response by express to the king. Dated at camp at Terhyde. ff. 215-218

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