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Cumberland to Harrington: the French have sent troops from the Rhine to the low countries....

Catalogue reference: SP 87/17/104

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SP 87/17/104
Date
1745 Jul 19
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Cumberland to Harrington: the French have sent troops from the Rhine to the low countries. His pleasure at the promotions. Brigadier Ingoldsby's court martial. The action [at Massem] and the fall of Ghent. He encloses a copy of a letter from Moltke to Königsegg [SP 87/17/105]. Moltke was refused passage through Sluys, and Cumberland has asked Trevor to take it up with the states [general]. He encloses a copy of a letter from Fawkener to Trevor on that occasion [SP 87/17/107]. He encloses a copy of the terms of the capitulation of the citadel of Ghent [SP 87/17/111]. Dated at camp at Dieghem. ff. 247-249

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English
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