ALSACE. "Journal de ce qui s'est passé depuis l'arrivée des - Lot 126

ALSACE. "Journal de ce qui s'est passé depuis l'arrivée des Troupes qui ont marchées de Flandres en Alsace, jusquques au 24 août 1744." Printed in Frankfurt by Warrentrap, 1764. 19 pages (22 x 17 cm). "The first troops from Flanders passed through the Sainte-Marie-Aux-Mines gorge (Haut-Rhin) and arrived at Schelestat (Sélestat, Bas-Rhin) on August 11. They were followed by the Maison du Roy, which arrived there on the 13th, along with the rest of the troops. M. le Maréchal de Noailles had arrived in Sélestat on the 8th. On the 6th, he went to the headquarters of Marshal de Coigny's Army to confer with him, and to see the Army's position: it was encamped behind the Breuch and the Canal de Molsheim (Bas-Rhin)...".