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Boyd to Holdernesse: it is certain that the enemy has an army of 100 squadrons and...
Catalogue reference: SP 87/30/44
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Boyd to Holdernesse: it is certain that the enemy has an army of 100 squadrons and 96 battalions between Frankfurt and Marburg. Dispositions of the allied troops. Black cows mistaken for black hussars at Cologne. Dated at headquarters at Werl. ff. 89, 90
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Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Military Expeditions
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Lieut Colonel Robert Boyd and Colonel Peirson. (Described at item level)
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