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Carteret to Wade: the king has decided to send four regiments and 20 gunners for...
Catalogue reference: SP 87/14/79
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Carteret to Wade: the king has decided to send four regiments and 20 gunners for the defence of Ostend. The ships will then return to embark 6,000 Dutch troops now in England when their general, Smissaert, receives his orders from the Netherlands. Dated (OS) at Whitehall. ff. 130, 131
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Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Military Expeditions
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