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
Cumberland to Harrington, enclosing an account [ SP 87/17/21 ] of the battle of the...
Catalogue reference: SP 87/17/18
What’s it about?
This record is about the Cumberland to Harrington, enclosing an account [ SP 87/17/21 ] of the battle of the... dating from 1745 May 15-17 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Military Expeditions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
Access information is unavailable
Sorry, information for accessing this record is currently unavailable online. Please try again later.
Full description and record details
-
Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SP 87/17/18
-
Date (When the record was created)
- 1745 May 15-17
-
Description (What the record is about)
-
Cumberland to Harrington, enclosing an account [SP 87/17/21] of the battle of the 11th [Fontenoy], a return of the losses suffered by the right wing [SP 87/17/22], and a copy of his letter to Saxe [SP 87/17/23] complaining at the treatment of prisoners in Brussels and environs. Request for appointments for Lord John Murray and Sir Robert Monroe. The need for replacements for men lost in the battle. Dutch reactions to the battle. He encloses a copy of Saxe's response to his complaints [SP 87/17/24], and the proceedings of the court martial of Captain Watts [SP 87/17/26]. Dated at camp at Ath, and continuation at camp at Lessines. ff. 38, 39
-
Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
-
Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
-
Language (The language of the record)
- English
-
Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
-
Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9233463/
Series information
SP 87
Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Military Expeditions
See the series level description for more information about this record.
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
209,296 records
Within the department: SP
Records assembled by the State Paper Office, including papers of the Secretaries...
6,246 records
Within the series: SP 87
Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Military Expeditions
130 records
Within the piece: SP 87/17
Duke of Cumberland, Sir John Ligonier, Sir Everard Fawkener, etc. Detailed description...
You are currently looking at the item: SP 87/17/18
Cumberland to Harrington, enclosing an account [ SP 87/17/21 ] of the battle of the...
Related records
Records that share similar topics with this record.