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Stair to Carteret (secret): the design [of bringing Hanoverian and Hessian troops]...

Catalogue reference: SP 87/9/84

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This record is about the Stair to Carteret (secret): the design [of bringing Hanoverian and Hessian troops]... dating from 1742 Aug 03 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Military Expeditions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 87/9/84
Date
1742 Aug 03
Description

Stair to Carteret (secret): the design [of bringing Hanoverian and Hessian troops] should be kept from the Dutch. The British and Austrian troops in the Netherlands should not move until the Germans are ready to join them, when a rendezvous can be named. He proposes an attack on Dunkirk. Need for artillery and engineers. His meeting with Count Sinzheim. The elector of Cologne has offered troops to the Dutch. Königseck at Prague. Dated at The Hague. ff. 174-177

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Language
English
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