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Marlborough Expedition

Great Britain · Warfare / Seven Years War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1758Date range
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Chronological records

1758

William Pitt the Elder Chatham, 1st1758

Warfare / Seven Years War

Pitt orders the dispatch of the first British troops to the European continent under the Duke of Marlborough, who joins Brunswick's army

Names involved

William Pitt the Elder Chatham, 1st

Provenance

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