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Siege of Quency Ends After Strong French Assault
The Paris Gazette details Marlhal de Villars over running out works and breaching the cover'd way to Que ncy. The garrison surrenders with officers allowed swords and parole. In Valenciennes the siege of Bouchain continues as 40 new battalions are drawn. Across Hamburg and Amsterdam reports note Danish demands, British and Dutch diplomacy, and extended negotiations.
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Marthal de Villars
Quency
Mons
Granada
Valenciennes
Bouchain
Count de Croifly
Arras
Villars
d’Allegre
Doway
Quenoy
Sieur de Valery
Ingineer
Amterdam
Hamburg
Vienna
Lower Saxony
M. Hagenboom
Great Britain
Holland
Proffin
Brunswick
Wolfenbattel
Scholten
Denmark
Staden
Elbe
Jutland
Amsterdam Courant
Amsterdam
Paris
Marshal Harcourt
Germany
Dauphiny
Berwick
Cig
Catalonia