This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Roving Letters Chronicle Seaborne Raids and Siege Moves
A 1712 news fragment reports Spanish and French positions around Escala Tremp and Dunkirk with garrison withdrawals and English privateering. It details Albemarle's foraging patrols near Valenciennes, Camp movements, Grenade artillery, and Royalist coordination, including Pontchartrain's dispatch and Marshal Villars activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris A-la-Main
Catalonia
Escala
Tremp
Hague
Dunkirk
Marly
Pontchartgain
Havre-de- Grace
Earl of Albemarle
Denain
Valenciennes
Anzin
Witdmills
Beauvraige
Pestry
Salambic
Raimes
Bonne Esperance
Persoo
Tingri