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A37146 The history of the campagne in Flanders, for the year 1697 together with a journal of the siege of Ath, and a summary account of the negotiations of the general peace at Ryswick / by Edward D'Auvergne ... D'Auvergne, Edward, 1660-1737. 1698 (1698) Wing D297; ESTC R15640 139,524 172

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