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Desperate Cavalry Action Amid Continental Skirmish
Reports describe heavy fighting near Arleux and Fieren with 50 killed and about 80 wounded on our side. Major Selmy wounded, Major Robinson and a Westerlo cornet captured. The enemy left over 60 dead, including several officers, as squadrons pursued toward the village. News from Hague notes diplomatic maneuvers over neutrality and Polish and Swedish concerns.
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Sewyn
St. Maurice
Count Hompefch
Fieren
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Palmer’s
Westerlo
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Duke of Marlborough
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Domay
Hague
Count de Weltheren
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Dresden
Pomerania
Electorate of Saxony
Frankfort
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Brussels
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Linzendorf
Pruffiz
Naffa
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Fulken
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Dunkirk
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William’s Street
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