Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 1028
Title	Unsigned memorandum from Whitehall, London; 22 Aug. 1710
Date	22 August 1710
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Discusses a despatch which has arrived from the Duke of Marlborough ordering that the garrison at Bethune 'beat the Chamade'; says that this was done; refers to a letter regarding the transportation of letters from Germany and Italy; refers to an account of the defeat of the army of the Duke of Anjou in Spain; states that the letters from Paris make no mention of this; refers to other postal communications.
Term	diplomacy, with France
	armies, British, garrisons, Bethune
	military campaigns, Iberian Peninsular 1710
	postal service, international
	armies, British, truces

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA13806	Churchill; John (1650-1722); 1st Duke of Marlborough; created 1702; Marquis of Blandford	1650-1722
NA29505	Luis (1707-1724 ); King of Spain; (acc. 1724 on abdication of Philip V; Duke of Anjou?)	1707-1724

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