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Colonel I Durand to Holdernesse: Ferdinand's attempt to cross the Rhine frustrated...

Catalogue reference: SP 87/28/11

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SP 87/28/11
Date
1758 June 1
Description

Colonel I Durand to Holdernesse: Ferdinand's attempt to cross the Rhine frustrated by the 'villainy and cowardice' of Dutch boatmen. Feint towards Düsseldorf by Major General Wangenheim and diversionary raid on Duisburg by Colonel Scheiter's light troops. He does not know what Ferdinand intends next. Dated at headquarters at Elten, near Emmerich. ff. 20-23

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