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Document ReferencePw2 Hy 1028
TitleUnsigned memorandum from Whitehall, London; 22 Aug. 1710
Date22 August 1710
Extent2 ff
LevelItem/file
Content DescriptionDiscusses 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.
Termdiplomacy, with France
armies, British, garrisons, Bethune
military campaigns, Iberian Peninsular 1710
postal service, international
armies, British, truces

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Persons
CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA13806Churchill; John (1650-1722); 1st Duke of Marlborough; created 1702; Marquis of Blandford1650-1722
NA29505Luis (1707-1724 ); King of Spain; (acc. 1724 on abdication of Philip V; Duke of Anjou?)1707-1724
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