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
Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick to Holdernesse, partly in cipher: seeing the impossibility...
Catalogue reference: SP 87/40/36
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This record is about the Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick to Holdernesse, partly in cipher: seeing the impossibility... dating from 30 March 1761 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Military Expeditions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- SP 87/40/36
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Date (When the record was created)
- 30 March 1761
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick to Holdernesse, partly in cipher: seeing the impossibility of maintaining his position in Hesse, he sent the hereditary prince with a large force to investigate the enemy position in Grimberg, where he was surrounded and lost several battalions. He consequently fell back on the river Eder. Reasons for raising the siege of Cassel. He then fell back on the Diemel to be within reach of the depots of the Weser. Weaknesses and sickness among his troops. Failures of his commissariat. Dated at Thalem. ff. 73-78
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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- Closed For 30 years
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- Open Document, Open Description
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