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Fort Knock siege and French garrison actions reported
The report describes French advance on Fort Knock and the fall of Spres with Captain de Rue’s ambushes and siege tactics. It notes French forces occupying the fort, the garrison’s surrender, and preparations elsewhere including Ypres, Menin, and Bethune. The account also covers Allied responses, troop movements, and potential peace negotiations mixing British, Dutch, and Austrian interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Bouchain
Grovestein
Garison
Potts
Ypres
Menin
Bethune
Duke of Ormonde
Ghent
Sanablanca
de Rue
Spres
Caris
Ingeneer Bernonville
Lisle
Offend
Lifle
Mein
Courtray
Prince of
Aolstein-Beck
Jinga
Vifouze
Rommelin
Collonel Ramingen
Fort Knock
Gariion
Dixmuyde
Newport
Antwerp
Valenciennes
Vilars
Hague
Garifon
Quesnoy
Spain
Catalonia
Sale
Terragona
Utrecht
Great Britain
Monsieur Menager
Count de Rechteren
Sicily
Strasburgh
Zinzendorf
Austria
Bavaria
Upper Saxony
Lower Saxony
Wetphaldz
Upper Rhine
Electorate of the Rhine
Franconia
Swabia
Calais
Earl of Exeter
Rutland
Viscount Bolingbroke
Essex
England
Land Service
Will
Dunkrk