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Army operations and siege notes from Aug 30 to Sept 4
Reports from Antwerp Ghent and Brussels describe trench advances, batteries, and fires as forces under Marlborough Burgundian and Berwick maneuver toward Lisle and Soignies. Dutch and English contingents reinforce fortifications while French bridges over the Scheld are abandoned. Messages note troop movements, anticipated battles, and preparations across Ghent Bruges and nearby towns with updates on ships prizes and post office orders.
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King x Lodgment
Prince of Holsteinbeck
Zousland
Boifet
Keppel
Deale
Horn-werk
Autwerp
Duke of Marlborough
Lesines
Geertbegen
Eugene
Lisle
Scheld
Ghent
Bruges, &c
Lifle
St. Andrews
Brussels
Duke of Burgundy
Sas van Ghent
Mulenfiede
Melle
Merlbeck
Ninove
Dender
Duke of Berwick
Soignies
Garifon
Fage
Antwerp
Flanders
Lovendegem
Newport
Count de la Motte
Bruges
Pfaffendzel
Duke of
Bugundy
Duke of Bermick
Enghier
Lesignes
Acth
Prince of Feffe
Hague
Holowzin
Prulfa
Mlecklenburgh
Plymouth
Orford
Lord Durfly
Exeter
Dover
Salisbury
Calif
Dartmouth
Neptune
Portsmouth
Lisbon
Phenot
London
Fron Ea
India
Urhant
Cork
Dublin
Ballatt
Britannia
Leverpool
Biddeford
Waterford
Galmy
Majesty
Ringsend
Fobn
Michael
Carnarvon
Morning- Star
Mortyn
Elizabeth
Chester
Rebecca
Anne
Holyhead
Arrandel
Bridgwater
Seaford
Prize
Ile Dipatch
Worcester