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A69996 An exact account of the late engagement between the French king's forces, and those of the Grand Seignior before Candia, on the 25th of June 1669 as it came in a letter from the Duke de Navailles, the French general : with a list of the slain and wounded. Navailles, Philippe de Montault de BĂ©nac, duc de, 1619-1684. 1669 (1669) Wing E3574; ESTC R12201 6,271 17

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