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Allies Appendix April army arrived artillery attack August battalion battalion of Guards batteries battle brigade of Guards British Brussels camp Capt Captain Castle cavalry Charles Coldstream Guards Coldstream regiment Colonel command companies Confederates corps detachment dragoons Duke of Albemarle Duke of Cumberland Duke of Monmouth Dutch Earl Elector of Bavaria embarked encamped enemy enemy's England Ensign fire Flanders fleet Foot Guards force four French garrison George Ghent grenadiers Horse Guards hundred infantry James John joined July June killed King William King's landed Lieut Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Lieutenant-General London Gazette Lord Cutts Majesty Majesty's Major-General marched Marlborough Marshal Boufflers ment Monck Monk Monmouth Namur officers ordered Parliament Prince prisoners quarters rank regiment of Foot regiment of Guards regt reinforced retreat returned sailed Sambre Scheld Scotland Scots Scots Guards sent Sept September serjeants ships siege soldiers squadrons thousand town Villeroy Whitehall wounded
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