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Siege reports and troop movements across Be thune and allied lines
A long dispatch chronicles ongoing siege preparations near Bethune with multiple corps, captures of enemy patrols, artillery movements from Dowy, and daily labor on fortifications. It notes Palatine and Saxon reinforcements, allied marches via Enguien and Lisle, and diplomatic hints from The Hague about peace talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pont d Ui
Dowy
Acre
Azzudain
Alvar St. Eley
Touray
Domay
Marshal de Villars
Hedin
Dourlens
Brusels
Enguien
Tournay
Ghent Courtray
Lisle
Artois
Bethune
Gariion
St. Pol
Courtray
Brette
Hague
States-General
Antwerp
Brussels
Pea Vanilfea
D’ Uxelie
Polignac
Gertruydenbergh
Jfenguen
Paris
Amsterdam
Marseilles
Nam’d
Galiard
P Enflemme
Constantinople
Port Royal
Jamaica
Alexander
Guinea
Hier
Roebuck
Kingston
England
Falmouth
Credo
Newfoundland
Streights
Cadiz
Bay of Biscay
Bristol
Henbury
Gally
Ffohn
Barbadoes
Warda
London
Corbett
Maryland
George ‘Purchase
Halon
Meuse-Gate
Dover
Evans, Temple
Orrerys
Aylmer
Portland Road
Portmouth
Plymouth
Cork
Britol
Ringsend
Whitehaven
Workinton
Britain
Speedwell
Seaford
Woolf
Dublin
William