Catalogue description To [?] from [?]: our sins have not yet been expiated... we were brought from Douai to...

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Details of SP 87/4/77
Reference: SP 87/4/77
Description:

To [?] from [?]: our sins have not yet been expiated... we were brought from Douai to join the elector [of Bavaria]'s expedition against Brussels, where we met much more resistance than expected. We have been brought down by the cowardice of those who allowed Marlborough to cross the Scheldt. By a miracle we have re-taken St Buislain. Dated at Mons. ff. 228-230
Date: 1708 Dec 01-1708 Dec 31
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: French
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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