Appendix: July 1569 | British History Online

Calendar of State Papers Foreign: Elizabeth, Volume 9, 1569-1571. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1874.

'Appendix: July 1569', in Calendar of State Papers Foreign: Elizabeth, Volume 9, 1569-1571, (London, 1874) pp. 594-595. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/foreign/vol9/pp594-595 [accessed 26 April 2024]

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July 1569



July 4.	2250. John Marsh to Sir William Cecil.
	Arrival and departure of the Duke of Alva from Antwerp. Much talk of a great number of soldiers gathered upon the borders of France, who have burnt certain abbeys. A great skirmish at Groningen on Midsummer's eve. The Duke Harry of Brunswick is declared very rich by report. The Prince's power is confessed by the Spaniards to be greater and better than they thought for. The Spaniards do not exceed 4,000, the bands and horsemen of Flanders being stayed at home to resist the French now invading; so it is thought that there cannot be above 10,000 of all sorts.—Antwerp, 4 July 1568. Signed.
	Add. Endd. Pp. 1⅓.
July 16.	2251. Don Sancho, Maestro Del Campo de tertia de Lombardy, to—.
	Announces the defeat of the Gueux by the Duke of Alva, near Groningen. The rebels are passed the river to Emden. Hopes shortly to write of a greater victory.—Dam, 16 July.
	Copy. Endd. by Cecil. P. ²/3.
July 20.	2252. Declaration of the Prince of Orange.
	Declares his loyalty to the King of Spain, and protests that he has only taken up arms to defend his country from the cruelties of the Duke of Alva and the Inquisition, which he characterises as horrible and execrable.
	Endd. Fr. Pp. 18½.
July 23.	2253. Lord Cobham to Sir William Cecil.
	Gives an account of the movements of the Duke of Alva, and of the defeat of Count Ludovic at Jemminghem, near Emden, with the loss of 1,500 men and his artillery.— Groningen, 23 July.
	Add. Endd., with seal. Pp. 1²/3.