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
Extract from a letter from Colonel Borch in Tournai: the town is in a good state...
Catalogue reference: SP 87/14/111
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- 1744 Jul 01
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Extract from a letter from Colonel Borch in Tournai: the town is in a good state of defence. There are nightly attacks on the outer gates by French pandours. It is thought certain that Saxe and his corps will rejoin the main army. The townspeople are keeping the French informed. The French now wish they had taken Tournai before Menin. ff. 187, 188
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- French
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