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Peace plans and sieges mingle with Atlantic shipping news
A letter from the French king reports victories near Denain and Marchienne, with 17 battalions and 500 wagons captured. It notes 400 officers imprisoned, 37 colors seized, and the lifting of the Landrecy siege as a sign of divine favor. Also includes peace terms, flotilla movements, and South Sea Directors for the coming year, with stock and commodity notes.
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England
de Villars
de Montesquiou
Flanders
Landrecy
Denain
Marchienne
Doway
Marchiennes
Scarpe
Mons
Paris
C. Fontainebleau
Bristol
Dover
Jamaica
Corleley
Mercury
Martin
Sophia
Santa Crux
Barbary
London
Duke of Marlborough
Pwo
Jobson
Viscount Bolingbroke
Calais
N. B
Dunkirk
South Sea Company
Robert Benson
John Blunt
Samuel Clarke
George Caswell
James Colliff
Henry Durley
Christopher Desbouverie
John Fellows
Edward Hartey
Richard Hoare
Theodore Janffen
John Lambert
Joseph Martin
Arthur Moore
Harcourt Masters
George
Bank
India