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News From the Wars Near Doway and Lille
Pomb notes from the Dublin Gazette September 2. Packets from Britain bring mail. At Ghent the Duke of Ormonde holds quarters as British forces guard the Lys and canal. French bombardments and advances at Doway and Denain are reported. defence remains strong though French forces push works and batteries. Advices from Brussels and The Hague describe ongoing sieges, planned marches to cover Mons, and gossip of a possible surrender at Doway.
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Ghent
N. S
Duke of Ormonde
Lys
Canal
Fretin
Soclin
Fort Scarpe
Doway
Notre-Dame Gate
Ravelin
St. Eloy Gate
Hoaiperch
Scarpe
Weretird
Marshal Villars
Count Coigny
Bouchain
Quesnoy
Denain
Brussels
Notre- Dame
Champaign
Poidtou
Seclin
Troyenne
Tournay
Mons
Lifle
Aire
Bethune
Str. Venant
Hague
Maubeuge
Valenciennes
Eugene
Lille
Utrecht
France