Autograph letter signed : Utrecht, to The Duke of Leeds, 1708 October 30.

Thanking the Duke for his letter and writing that they are very sorry to hear that he has a cold; sending along the news that the town of Lille has capitulated to the allies and giving details about the end of the siege: "the Besieged beat a parley Monday the 11 / 22 about 4 in the afternoon & the Articles were signed the next day & our troops possessed at the same time with one of the Gates of the town"; explaining that there were multiple capitulations agreed upon, one between Prince Eugene of Savoy and the Marshal de Boufflers, the other between the "Deputies of the States General and the Magistrates of the town, Concerning their Priviledges"; telling him that the details of these agreements are too long to put in a letter, but he trusts they will be published in London soon; adding that "If what I read this Morning in the Letters from Amsterdam be true, we ought to expect to be soon Masters of the Citadelle, since they report that provisions & ammunition are so short amongst the Besieged that Marshal de Boufflers has begged a suspension of arms for 4 or 5 days, to Inform, during that time, the court of france of the condition he finds himself in"; writing that the allied forces are prepared to attack the citadel "with more vigour & better conduct then the town was attacked"; arguing that the besieged forces would not fire on the houses of Lille's townspeople "because by the Intercourse that was between the Merchands of Paris & those of L'Isle, many of the former would be ruined by the Losses of these"; adding that "her Ladyship [Bridget Osborne] longs to hear of the arrival of Captain Bỳron with his yacht."