Note 20 — MARLBOROUGH. No. II.[1]
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"If the Dutch can furnish ammunition for the siege of Mons, we shall undertake it; for if the weather continues fair, we shall have it much cheaper this year than the next, when they have had time to recruit their army. The taking of that town would be a very great advantage to us for the opening of next campaign, which we must make if we would bring France to such a peace as will give us quiet hereafter."—Marlborough to Godolphin, October 14, 1706. Coxe, III. 14.