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Cumberland to Harrington: he has communicated the king's orders to Königsegg, Waldeck...

Catalogue reference: SP 87/18/69

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This record is about the Cumberland to Harrington: he has communicated the king's orders to Königsegg, Waldeck... dating from 1745 Sep 20 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Military Expeditions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 87/18/69
Date
1745 Sep 20
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Cumberland to Harrington: he has communicated the king's orders to Königsegg, Waldeck and Kaunitz. He names the ten battalions he has chosen [to serve in Britain] as three of guards, Sowlses's, Pulteney's, Charles Howard's, Brag's, Douglas's, Johnson's and Cholmondeley's. Arrangements for their embarkation. The garrison of Mons is cut off from the army. 25,000 French troops to winter on the Moselle or in Lorraine. Escort for the returning prisoners. Dated at camp at Vilvoorde. ff. 144-146

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English
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