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Desperate siege actions at Doway and Arras described
News recounts French operations before Doway and Arras, including failed betrayals, mining and trench advances, and heavy cannonade. Reports mention Marshal Villars airborne signals, Marlborough and Prince Eugene in the field, and the shifting landscape as forces maneuver near Arras, Arleux, and Vitry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ypres
Garifon
Tournay
Monsieur Albergotti
Doway
Fort d’ Escarpe
Garison
Villars
Arras
Arleux
Duke of Marlborough
Vitry
Prince of Savoy
Duke of
Berwick
Dauphine
Haguenne
Meffieurs Buys
Vanderduffen
Gertruydenbergh
Tuscany
Sardinia
Sicily
Philip