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R Irvine to [Under Secretary] Richard Potenger: he has heard from Versailles that notwithstanding the...

SP 87/31/86 | Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Military Expeditions. Vice-consul R Irvine at Vlessinge (Flushing). (Described at item level). | R Irvine to [Under Secretary] Richard Potenger: he has heard from Versailles that notwithstanding the defeat [at Lagos Bay] the French are determined to mount an invasion with not less than 70,000 men. He feels the message is so important he has sent a cutter with it to Commodore Boys. He urges the destruction of Thurot's squadron and recommends a friend who would conduct British ships into Dunkirk roads. Dated at Flushing. ff. 189, 190.

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Source	UK National Archives
Collection	International records
Kind	Document
Publisher	The National Archives, Kew
Date	21 Septemb
Type	catalogue level 7, closure O
Details	search Lagos
Found at	https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C9128302
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Record ID	`uk-tna-discovery:C9128302`

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R Irvine to [Under Secretary] Richard Potenger: he has heard from Versailles that notwithstanding the.... UK National Archives, 1759. Vero Archive, record uk-tna-discovery:C9128302.