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Campaign intelligence from the 1710 Flanders operations
Reports from the Allied campaign describe Marlborough and Wirtemberg advancing from Lens toward Pont a Vendin and Doway, capturing French posts, foraging, and investing Doway. Troops, ferries, and cannon move. Prussian forces join. news notes indicate shifting lines, sieges planned, and fast-moving detachments across Ghent and Lisle.
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Wirtemberg
Cadogan
Lens
Bethune
Arras
Doway
Couri¢res
Pont A Vendin
F. Vegelin van Claerbergen
Monsieur Vleertmax
Marshal of Villers
Paris
Vienna
Sevoy
Goullezin
Duke of
Marshal de Montesquio
Ar=ras
Prince of Savoy
Vitry
Chevalier de Luxembourg
Arrzs
Cam- Lray
Scerpe
Prince of Acre
Duke of Marlborough
Gory
Prince of Stray
Ponta
Scarpe
Scheld
Artois
St. Amand
Marchien
Lisle
Deway
Lumley
Tourn
Garifons
Maese
Schelde
Grand Army
Ghent
St. Paul
Sas-Van-Ghent
Hague
Meshhieurs
Boys
Vander Duffen
Marshal de Montesquio Artagnan
Monsieur Albergotti
Termouth
Swift
London
Duke of Shrews
Burry
Marquis of Kent
Dublin
Flanders
Jo Jesty