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Cumberland to Harrington: he has intelligence that the French are preparing to move...
Catalogue reference: SP 87/18/58
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- SP 87/18/58
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1745 Sep 13
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Description (What the record is about)
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Cumberland to Harrington: he has intelligence that the French are preparing to move 25,000 men to the Moselle. Disposition of French winter quarters. He encloses a disposition of the allied winter quarters [SP 87/18/59]. He encloses copies of his letters to Belle-Isle [SP 87/18/60] and Saxe [SP 87/18/61) complaining at the slow return of the prisoners. Retirement of Lt Colonel Moor and Major Ash. He welcomes the king's decision to employ the former garrison of Tournai. Dated at camp at Vilvoorde. ff. 123-125
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- English
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SP 87
Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Military Expeditions
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: SP
Records assembled by the State Paper Office, including papers of the Secretaries...
Within the series: SP 87
Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Military Expeditions
Within the piece: SP 87/18
Duke of Cumberland, Sir Everard Fawkener, Earl of Albemarle, Earl of Dunmore, etc....
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Cumberland to Harrington: he has intelligence that the French are preparing to move...