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Colonel I Durand to Holdernesse: d'Armentièrs has raised the siege of Lippstadt....

Catalogue reference: SP 87/29/60

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SP 87/29/60
Date
1759 August 7
Description

Colonel I Durand to Holdernesse: d'Armentièrs has raised the siege of Lippstadt. The enemy has acknowledged losing 7,000 men [at Minden], and continues to retire beyond the Weser, pursued by the hereditary prince. The king's army has lost about 2,800 men. Dated at headquarters at Bielefeld. ff. 160-163

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Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Military Expeditions

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