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Dunkirk Canal Project and Coastal Demolition Plans
Reports from Dunkirk describe the demolition of harbor works and extraction of timber and iron to supply a new canal linking with Furzes. The project, costing about 2 million florins plus materials, will be funded by Dunkirk’s town tax and royal support. Muskets and battalions are mobilized. craftsmen are summoned to complete the canal by November, with fortifications planned and troops massing around Dunkirk and Bergues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Obgo
Furzes
Mardyie
Dunkirk
Berg St. Winoxs
Artois
Picardy
Dunkrk
Cambray
Valenciennnes
Hildesheim
Maya
Harley Stook
Sophie
Molland
Baron d¢ Schutz
England
Palover
Paris
Bperdslona
Madrid
Philip
Duke of Berry
St. Denis
Hague
Cardinal del Giudici
Spain
Baron de Capres
Ursini
Duke d'Ofuna
Utrecht
Dentzick
Prusie
Stolpe
Cardinal de Giudici
Marquis de Montecon
de Kurakin
Effedt Ems Westminter
Richards Earl of
Edinburgh
An. A
Great Britain
Her
South
Sea Company
Kishtaken
Kieland
London
Lisbon
Wishart
Cape
Ste Vincent
Buckinghami
Barbot Anglefeas
Pagep
Waterford