The Memoirs of Cap. George Carleton, an English Officer: Who Served in the Two Last Wars Against France and Spain ... Containing an Account of the Conduct of the Earl of Peterborough, and Other General Officers, Admirals, &c. ... Together with a Description of Many of Their Cities, Towns, &c ... |
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Page 53 - ... weak in their garrisons, and supplying their places with fresh men out of them, they gained their point in disappointing us. Though certain it is, that march cost them as many men and horses as a battle. However, their master, the French king, was so pleased with their indefatigable and auspicious diligence, that he wrote, with his own hand, a letter of thanks to the officers, for the great zeal and care they had taken to prevent the confederate army from entering into French Flanders. King William,...