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Siege News From Douay And Allied Movements
A British packet from The Hague carries updates on French plenipotentiaries seeking to recall deputies from Gertruydenberg. It lists Dutch losses at Douay from May 4 to June 25 totaling 2,500 killed and 5,500 wounded, with Dutch officer letters citing 1,400 killed or wounded and Burgundian sieges, plus rearranged plans against Arras or Bethune. Reports discuss French leaders’ dispatches, anticipated decampment of the Confederate Army, and reinforcements to Tournay while Villars awaits new orders. Fortifications of Douay and nearby Scarpe are noted as strong, and campaign leadership rumors include potential changes to commanders.
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Gertruydenberg
Douay
M. Albergott
Tores
Bethune
Arras
Tournay
Flanders
Tizres
Verfaittes
Childs
Tourmnay
Lille- Paris
Monsieur Albergotti
Doway
Fort Scarpe
Monsieur de Villars
Mareschal
Ieave
Aix la Chapelle
Duke of Vandome
Marefchal de Harcourt
Marefchal
Berwick
Darphize
Péeizont
Daway
Cme