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L.c.2110
London e 24th Sept r 1692
Yesterday wee rec ed a fforreigne Maile
w ch brings an acc t t e Confederate Army in Daup
hiney findeing e Season of e Yeare soe farr
advanced haue thought fitt to returne within 3
houres of Ambrim in re way towards Pied
mont haveing burnt e Towne of Gappw th:
e adiacent villages for refuseing to pay Contribu
c on & sent some Detachm ts of horse to doe e
like on e ffrontiers of Province for nonpaym t:
& have vndermined e Gates & Bastions of Ambr
um as alsoe e Castle of [Inillestre] in order
to blew m vp before they march out of Province
& t e D : of Savoy was soe well recovered t hee
Intended to sett forward for Turin about e 16th:
Instant his Army being to follow some few dayes
after
Duke of Savoys invasion of France comes
to nothing
They write from Vienna t Prince ~
Lewis of Baden is verey advantagiously
posed w th e Imperiall Army near Peter
warraden where hee Intrench his Camp whereby
tis beleiued hee will Continue re till he knows
e Designes of e Turkes w ch as yett are ~
variously repported some Saying if e ~
Prince Visier has orders to give him battle
& if victor forthwith to forme e seige of
Esteck & others that hee is not in a Condicion but
to act defensively
The write from Paris t e K has
taken a resoluc on to raise 4000 new forces &
to build betweene 30 & 40 men of warr to add
to his ffleet That e Count de Parvill went
some dayes agoe for Brest to looke after
the navall preparation And t 4 men
occasions
for e Crowne = It's said t some of e Towns in ffland s declare for a ffree Trade
w th ffr : otherwise they cannot pay re Imposts an Express of w ch is sent to
Madrid Another to e K of England & e like to e Allyes to heare re Sentim t of
it = Mr Henneleton Secretary of Scotland lyes verey dangerously Ill-
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