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M Carpentier to Mr Gould (copy): the person sent to Dunkirk has returned and reported...

Catalogue reference: SP 87/14/8

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This record is about the M Carpentier to Mr Gould (copy): the person sent to Dunkirk has returned and reported... dating from 1744 Feb 29 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Military Expeditions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SP 87/14/8
Date
1744 Feb 29
Description

M Carpentier to Mr Gould (copy): the person sent to Dunkirk has returned and reported that there are 24 ships in the road and 8 in the port. They are not warships. 34 pilots have been sent to Brest. No vessel is allowed to leave the port. No troops have yet been embarked. Two regiments have been sent from Bruges to Ostend. Dated at Ostend. f. 14,

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
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SP 87

Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Military Expeditions

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