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1706/04/30

Mr. England, aid de camp to the earl of Peterborough, is arrived here in 21 days from Barcelona, who says, that count Tholouze has but 25 men of war before that citty, and 15,000 land men; that they had made 3 attacks on fort Montjouy, and 4 on fort Angelo, but repulsed with great losse. That [...] »
Narcissus Luttrell (1857). A brief historical relation of state affairs from September 1678 to April 1714, vol vi. Oxford: OUP.  »

1706/04/27

From Paris, that their last accounts from Barcelona were kept private, but own their chief engineer Lapara was killed, and succeeded by brigadeer Villars. That the beseiged in a sally had cut off the regiment of Maine, and that provisions were dear in the camp, the Miquilets intercepting their foragers, and that they had taken [...] »
Narcissus Luttrell (1857). A brief historical relation of state affairs from September 1678 to April 1714, vol vi. Oxford: OUP.  »

1706/04/20

From Paris of the 24th, that count Tholouze, with 30 men of war, was before Barcelona, with ammunition and provisions for the French troops, who had beseiged it by land, and open’d the trenches the 6th on the side of Moutjoui; that the garison was 8000 men, had made 2 vigorous sallies, wherein the beseigers [...] »
Narcissus Luttrell (1857). A brief historical relation of state affairs from September 1678 to April 1714, vol vi. Oxford: OUP.  »


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