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Provisional Dublin Gazette Postscript May 17 Enlightened News from Europe
Postscript to Dublin Gazette Number 424 dated May 17 reports arrivals from Great Britain including mails from Bern and Zurich. It details Mons Rodegade's imminent mission to the Hague to plead for Protestant princes and prisoners of France, plus military movements near Ghent and Brussels with British, Dutch, Imperial and Allied forces assembling for a June campaign. It notes peace talks stalling in The Hague due to Marlborough's absence and Marlborough's eventual arrival. It also mentions Sir John Norris engaging French warships near Calais Road as Ostend packet boat passes.
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