Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 892
Title	Letter from Sir J. Abercorn, Camp at Avesnes, Avesnes, [France], to [Robert Harley] 1st Earl of Oxford; 19 Oct. 1711
Date	19 October 1711
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Comments that the 'Project for the winter quarters' was finished before he joined the army; encloses the 'order of march' [not present] for the following day; says that the troops are to separate for the 'several Garrisons' in a few days; comments on the intentions of the Danish and Prussian armies; does not think that 'the Enemy will disturb our rear'; says that the accounts suggest that they are in 'as much distress as wee for want of forrage, and that they only wait our motion to decamp'.
Term	armies, British, manoeuvres
	military campaigns, France 1711
	armies, French, manoeuvres
	armies, Prussian, manoeuvres
	armies, Danish, manoeuvres

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA29667	Abercorn; John (fl 1711); Sir	fl 1711
NA893	Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714	1661-1724

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