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Marlborough Breaks French Lines Near Lisle
Military dispatches report Allied detachments under the Duke of Marlborough penetrating toward Lisle and Tournay. French forces retreating across Ghent and Bruges canal area suffer heavy losses, with 600 officers and 5000 prisoners captured at Spres. Confédération forces pressures and reinforcements move toward Lisle and Tournay as Genoa letters note delays in Catalonia reinforcements.
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Lord D. of Marlborough
Copif
Aecoo Datch
Fr. Eines
Waineton
Conines
Spres
Audenard
Lis
Menin
Lisle
Tournay
Garifons
Bruges
Ghene
Loutengem
Vendorme
BeHem
Prince Eugenes
Enghien
Duke of Berwick
Mons
Duke of Marlborough
Loeve
Arras
Ft. Flanders
Lajft
Garilon
Lifte
Tuatrnay
Hague
Genoa
Catalonia
London
Paris
Flanders
Spain
Morette
Fountainbleau
Oudenard
Guards
Piccardy
M. de Ximenes
M. de Montmorin
Mary
de Neffe
Ghent
Tortola
Brussels