Autograph letter signed : Utrecht, to The Duke of Leeds, 1708 November 13.

Mentioning that Earl of Danby has written his grandfather a letter; sending news of the siege of the citadel of Lille: "The Besigers go on with the Siege by undermining & sapping, both to save men & to consume the Besieged's ammunition, which is not plentifull; seing [sic] they use it so sparingly, as that they hardly shoot by day: and by this Means the Allyes hope to be masters of it within this month"; writing that the army stays camped between Lille and "Bridges" (probably Bruges) and shows no sign of moving elsewhere for winter quarters: "There was even a report some days past, as if Prince Eugene & the Duke of Marleborough had unanimously desired the Queen to let her troops keep the field all the winter, & to allow them half pay more, to enable them to bear with the fatigue"; commenting that he suspects that the King of Sweden may now be regretting pursuing his revenge so far: "He begins to smart for it, seing [sic] 15000 of his troops, which were going to join him, under Count Leuenhaupt, have been so beaten by 25000 Muscovites, that hardly 4000 Swedes with their general have escaped"; mentioning that Emperor Joseph I and Pope Clement XI appear to be coming to an agreement, though the Marshal de Thesse is trying to prevent it; telling the Duke that Lady Bridget has been informed that "the Cleveland yacht had order to sail with the first wind"; writing that they are leaving Utrecht to accompany Lady Bridget and her daughters first to The Hague and then to Rotterdam.