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PG-P.735.031
9-16 Oct 1735:11 (358)
London, June 26. The allies have blocked up Mantua, and
detached a large body of troops in pursuit of the
Imperialists; . . . [12 lines, Count Konigsegg, seeing
himself in danger] had the fortune of a wood near his camp,
and spreading a small body of men in the front of it, kept
them in perpetual motion, their drums and kettle-drums
beating, and the trumpets sounding, as if the whole army was
present; the General himself appearing at the head of this
corps, and the Allies took it for granted that the whole
Imperial Army was there, when in reality the greatest part
of them were filing off for the Bishoprick of Trent. . .
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