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Allied Camp Notes and Ferrying Signals From Ribaucour to Tournay
Dispatches recount Allied and enemy positions near Ribaucour and Berfe with rumors of attacks on convoys to Tournay from Ghent and possible actions on Courtray. Reports mention French pioneers fortifying Afarchienne, water obstructions near Hanon, abbey garrisons, and a cavalry patrol by Marshal Villars while Allied leaders discuss armistice and strategic defense in Flanders and Holland.
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Ribaucour
Berfe
Pres
Tournay
Ghent
Mont St. Eloy
Scarpe
Marquis de Puy- Normand
Conde
Gilain
Paffor
Aeth
Garison
Queroy
Amsterdam
Bremen
Greenland
Frague
Flanders
Demay
Eugene
Monsieur Azenager
Count de Rechteren
Monf. Atenagers
Denain
Utrecht
Plymouth
Sir Thomas Hardy
Kent