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Siege Plans and Combat Movements Near Namur Report
Dispatches describe heavy artillery from Menin and trench work toward St Maurice and Magdelene as 7th and 8th Sept approaches. Bufofflers’ force defends Namur. rumors place Electors and nobles arriving. A Spanish officer defected with garrison details. Lisbon and Paris letters note royal entertainment and military concerns. Carrickfergus citizens pledge loyalty and readiness against the Pretender. Messages from Dublin report prize captures and market prices in grain and goods.
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Menin
St. Maurice
Ta Magdelene
Marishal de Boufflers
Audenarde
Eugene
Prince of
Eugene Desir
Augustus
Hefic
Bareith
Elector of
Mentz
Wirtemberg
M. Lee
Lince
M. de Chamillard
London
Lisbon
Prince of Brazile
Earl of Gallway
Oudenard
Succes
Paris
Jay
Lisle
Flanders
Modena
Spanish Netherlands
Vienna
Silesia
St. Louis
Winchester
Northumber
Otf Pembroke
Canterbury
Kent
Ormond
Dottor Fleetwood
St. Asaph
Robert Mallam
Cloudfly Shovels
Normandy