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Army moves as enemy camps between Valenciennes and Arras
London Gazette reports army marching from Orchies and encamping near Douay while the enemy holds ground between Valenciennes and Arras. Dispatches detail civilian hardship from Canal water release, political shifts in the Empire, and preparations against French moves on the Rhine and in Italy.
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Orchies
Douay
Goulletin
Sommain
Valenciennes
Arras
Schelde
Hague
Mays. N.S
Prince of
Savoy
Palmes
Saxony
Hanover
Spain
England
Sont Raby
States General
Mediterranean
Great Britain
Republick
Vienna
Eleftor Palatine
Charles
Eleétor
Empire
Duffeldorp
Upper Rhine
Count Fhaun
Harrack
Coming Feck
Itay
Heister
Hunary
Poinichoee
Prince Eugenie
Duke of
Wirtemberg
Elector Palatine
Flanders
Metz
Diedenhoven
Saar-Louis
Prince Eugene
Gayetté
Saragoffa
Starembérg
Marquis de Valdecannas
Danrzirk
Zacharouski