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Catalogue description Ligonier's written version of a conversation with Saxe on 7 July: his most Christian...
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| Reference: | SP 87/23/5 |
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| Description: |
Ligonier's written version of a conversation with Saxe on 7 July: his most Christian majesty has always desired peace and still does. What better means of achieving it than for him to treat with Cumberland himself, through the intermediaries of Saxe and Ligonier, or whichever other general Cumberland might nominate. It would be glorious for him and Cumberland if peace were made at the head of the two armies; if they agreed the principal points the ministers could do the rest. The king would ask nothing for himself except Veurne, and that only if the [British] king insisted on the demolition of Dunkirk. If Dunkirk were left as it was he would demand no more than the restitution of Cap Breton. He would not expect Cumberland to act withour consulting his allies. The inaction of the two armies would give him time to consult his court. ff. 10, 11 |
| Date: | 9 July 1747 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | French |
| Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
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