Item
Copy of SP 87/12/33. ff. 86, 87
Catalogue reference: SP 87/13/42
Date: 1743 Jun 02
Copy of SP 87/12/33. ff. 86, 87
Item
Count Castillon, commanding officer at Nieuwpoort [to Ligonier]: the mail stopped...
Catalogue reference: SP 87/14/16
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This record is about the Count Castillon, commanding officer at Nieuwpoort [to Ligonier]: the mail stopped... dating from 1744 Mar 15 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Military Expeditions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- SP 87/14/16
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1744 Mar 15
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Description (What the record is about)
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Count Castillon, commanding officer at Nieuwpoort [to Ligonier]: the mail stopped since 25 February has arrived all at once, and the barque has come from Veurne. The [invasion] project is totally destroyed. PS. that an English merchant arrived from Dunkirk reports that ten vessels have been destroyed. Troops are disembarking, and the convents are full of them. Saxe has received a disagreeable letter. Possibility of a second embarkation. f. 26
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- French
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9188984/
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Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Military Expeditions
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