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Laval Doway siege details from the Hague Courant
The Aug 11 to Aug 17 dispatches describe French and English positions around Doway and the siege preparations. Villars commands near Lens with 20000 troops while Doway garrison holds eleven battalions. French engineers and artillery move forward as the relief effort plans to push toward Pont a Roche and Belleforiere. English troops arrive at Dunkirk and Grovestein reports arrive with convoys. prayers in Amsterdam for allied victory.
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Hague
Marshal Villars
Lens
Vitry
Henri Lescard
Abbey
Doway
Hartel
Drack
Brand
Dutbui
Stoeten
van Duyn
Petter
de Rocque
Lisle
Rache
Monceaux
Carvin
Holland
Duke of Ormonds
Dunkirk
England
Tournay
Grovestein
Beuchain
Lifle
Menin
Belleforiere
Fioufly
Seclimy
Oreder
Brussels
Eugene
Amterdam