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Siege News From Douay and Nearby Actions in May 1708
Long dispatches describe French and Allied movements around Douay Montauban and Lens, with Marlborough and Eugene coordinating to strengthen lines, repulse a May 29 assault, and secure supply routes. Reports from Hague and Paris detail Villars’s provisioning at Peronne, detachments toward Arras, and continued French activity to confuse the besiegers.
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Holland
London Gazette
Zuehoriep
Douay
Arras
Mont St. Eloy
Mareschal de Villars
Montauban
Noyele-sons-Sens
Duke of Marlborough
Prince of Savoy
Lens
Noyele-sons-Lens
St. Laurent
Count de Velen
Palatines
Ponta Vendia
Lifle
Tournay
Fuemy
Montigny
Lefeat
D’ Anhalt
Garifon
D’ Eisharpe
Caldwell
Tham
Alain
Hague
Fun
N.S
France
Gertruydenbdurg
Versailles
Garifons
Rhine
Flanders
Germany
Paris
Cambray
Aiay
Marshal de Villars
Peronne
Chevalier de St. George
Duke de Bourbon
Joyn
Mareschal Villars
ofeErtrun
Canmon
Comte Fe
Erte