VII. Marlborough au Grand-Pensionnaire

London, Feb. 22th 1705/6.

Sir ,

Ï have had the favour of yours of the 26, and I am very sorry to find that your intelligence from Flandres continues to give you so very unreasonable informations, as that France shou’d be in a condition to attack any of your places; for in my opinion there is nothing more certaine, then that France have taken their measures to be this campagne on the defensive both in Flandres and Garmany , in order to be the better able to act offensively in Italie and Spain.

The Queen having taken a resolution to raise five or six redots of Refugies (*), and [I being very much afraïid that we shall not be able to find sufficient numbers of men fort he filling of these redets so that [ shou’d be very olad to know, if it be not possible to gett some Refuoies from Holland, so that these redgt might be the more speedily in a condition to act agaïnst the commune enemy. The pacquetboat from Lisbon is arrived, but has been oblis’d to fling the letters of the 9/20 of Feb. overboard, so that we know no more but that my L. Gallaway was

(*) Lettre du Duc au Feldmaréchal Ouwerkerk: (22 Février 1706. Dispatches, II. 433.) ,.Je vous écris celle-ci-pour vous faire part des vues que la Reine a de lever quelques bataillons de refugiés.”

gone to the frontier the day before he sailled, and that some of our shipes were making ready to go before Cadis.

Our convoye sailled from Harwich on Wensday morning, so that I hope the Marquis d’Alleoree will (be) sent away by the convoye, which has orders to stay three dâys for the bringing of him, and the transport shipes. — I have already given orders that the next embarkation shall be on the 10% of March our stile, which will bring over the rest that remains for our horse ; and [ hope by that time we shall have the greatest part of the recrutes for our redgts of foot. — I am with truth,

SIL ; Your most obedient humble servant,

Marlborough.

VIIT. Heinsius à Marlborouoh.

Mylord ,

J’ay receu celles que V. E. m'a fait l'honneur de m’escrire le 23 & 26 du mois passé n. st. avecq le projet de Monsr. de Guiscar, et ce jourdhuy j’ay receu le projet, qui en est fait ou tiré après. — Je ne manqueray pas d'examiner l’un et l’autre, et après l’avoir communiqué à quelques peu d’amis dans tout le secret, de vous en faire avoir mes sentimens.

Pour Mons. d’Alèore je suis de vostre avis, que son séjour ici dure trop longtemps; mais je m’estonne que le jagt qui doit venir d'Angleterre, n’est pas encore arrivé, puisque le vent a esté bon quelques jours desuite. — Le pacquetboat qui arriva hier, rapporte qu’il a veu en mer

quelques vaisseaux de guerre françois, que je suppose estre

des vaisseaux de Duynkercke qui sont équipés pour la course ; il pourroit que l'avis d’eux eut HAtdE le convoy et le jagt. — Je suis @c.

À la Haye, ce 2 Mars 1706.