To Sir Charles
Hedges
Camp at Sefelingen, 28th August, 1704
Sir,
I have received the favour of your letter of the 1st
instant, giving an account of Admiral Whetston's having brought in a Swedish man-of-war
with nine merchant-ships bound for France. It is not to be doubted but that court will
make a great noise at it, and there are those that will be ready to blow the coals, but I
hope it will have no consequence, and am glad the enemy are like to be frustrated of so
good a supply of naval stores. I suppose you have taken care to make the first complaint
against the misbehaviour of the captain. I agree with you that it might do good service to
bestow some money on the ministers, but the difficulty will be where to place it right,
for, generally speaking, they are so much in the interest of France that 'tis most likely
it would be so much thrown away.
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The letters and dispatches of John Churchill,
First Duke of Marlborough, from 1702 to 1712 / edited by... George Murray. - New York,
1968, s. 438-439 |