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Postscript to the Dublin Gazette highlights major European war actions
August 29 report from Bilboa notes Marshal Staremberg detaching 2500 horse to skirmish with the Duke of Anjou, then pursuing and defeating his army near Cartujosa. Walloon force of about 5000 laid down arms, 8000 infantry captured or scattered, 3000 horse destroyed. Anjou escaped via Tudela and Tarazona toward Madrid. Reports from Lillers detail Marlborough and Eugene preparing assaults on Aire and St Venant, with contingents deployed to secure ports. Further dispatches from Artois confirm Anjou’s defeat near Saragossa. Berwick ordered to Madrid, with battalions en route. London notes leadership changes in Cornwall and Hampshire.
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Staremberg
Duke of Anjou
Lerida
Cartujos-biejos
Saragosfa
Tudela
Tarazona
Agreda
Madrid
Lillers
Viller Brulin
Duke of Marlborough
St. Andre
Aire
St. Venant
Prince Eugene
Arras
Hague
Artois
Paris
Havre
Marquis de Bay
Naples
Barcelona
Brussels
Spain
Saragossa
Duke of
Berwick
Dauphine
Count de Medavi
London
Lord Rochester
Cornwall
Earl of Bath
Earl of Godolphin
Webb
Isle of Wight
Duke of Beaufort
Hampshire
New Forest
Duke of Bolton
Tile of Wight
Great Britain
Holland