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Mechanics of War Drawn in Royal Orders to Brest
MeN HE King orders assembling 40 to 50 ships of the line in the ports for sea service within a month. Imperial designs in Flanders and plans to move augmentation troops are noted, with Montmorency and Puisegur to command. Reports describe campaigns opening with Rhine passage, fortification repairs in the Florentines' lands, and varied garrison moves with Italy, Oran, and Syracuse cited.
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Brest
Flanders
Marshal de Montmorency
Marquis de Puisegur
Prince de Tingry
Rhine
Italy
Duke de Montemar
Orbitello
Pescara
Kingdom of
Naples
Spain
Garifon
Trieste
Jasper Hale
Peckham
Hale
Charles Lee
St. James’s
Portsmouth
Newfoundland
Lord Muskerry
Lord Dillon
France
Brompton
English
Newgate
Branheld
Lewis Teifer
Hague
Orange
Thomas Janes
Biddeford
Devonshire
Lords Commissioners of the Treasury
William Jones
Trinity-house
Water-lane
Charles Wager
Captain Jones
Morgan