BIB_ID
389867
Accession number
MA 1273.19
Creator
Taylor, Herbert, Sir, 1775-1839.
Display Date
1794 June 21.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 23.6 cm
Notes
Address panel with fragment of a seal to "Major General / Sir James Murray Bart / &c &c &c / No. 27 Bury St / St. James / London."
Marked "Private" above the address.
Volume 16 (MA 1273) of a 33-volume collection of the correspondence of Sir James Pulteney, his family and distinguished contemporaries. (MA 487, MA 297 and MA 1260-1290). The arrangement of the collection is alphabetical by the author of the letter. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection level record for more information (MA 1273.1-54).
Marked "Private" above the address.
Volume 16 (MA 1273) of a 33-volume collection of the correspondence of Sir James Pulteney, his family and distinguished contemporaries. (MA 487, MA 297 and MA 1260-1290). The arrangement of the collection is alphabetical by the author of the letter. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection level record for more information (MA 1273.1-54).
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of Manuscripts.
Summary
Reporting on the worsening situation; explaining that they had moved "on the Evening of the 18th with all the Austrian & British towards Escanaffles, having crossed the Scheldt near Frayennes, with the Intention of forming a Junction with Gen'l Clerfayt & of making a last Attempt to save Ypres;" explaining that during the night the French had advanced and forced them to give up their plan and return to their position, "notwithstanding the Duke's Remonstrations. Thus this move only ended in harassing our Troops, shewing our Weakness & Indecision & hastening the fate of Ypres, which according to the prevailing Reports has already fallen;" adding a report of a delayed attack by the Prince of Orange; commenting "General Clairfayt's Troops are disheartened to a Degree, & We have long ceased to look for vigorous measures in the Austrian H.Q'rs at least as far as relates to the Defence of Flanders, wh they have always been ready to give up, especially as its Safety regards Us & Holland infinitely more than themselves: reporting on troop movements of the Enemy; adding that he wished he could send him good news but "...there is little Expectation of good & the French appear to gather force by their Defeats."
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