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Relentless Dutch War News From May Campaigns
Postscript reports from the Hague and May dates detailing Dutch coastal fortifications and river sluice demolition by Eneral Hompesch, French camp movements near Arras and Cambray, Villars’ return to Cambray, and English and Imperial troop dispositions. Dispatches note Scheld passage openings, Prussian cavalry arrivals, and preparations for a grand army march as British and Dutch forces converge.
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Hague
Cify
Etreuil
Arras
Cambray 3
Marshal Villars
Oify
Cambray 5
Monchipreux
L’eclufe
Amsterdam
Bouchain
Dhe Scheld
Valenciennes
Quency
Lieure. Amand
Holland
Tournay
D. of Ormond Arriv
Eugene
van Claerbergen
Vanden Burg
Albemarle
P. Eugene
M. van Claerbergen
Doway
Lifle
Utrecht
France
Britton
England
Prussia
Paris
Cadiz
Havana
Carthagena
Europe