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Collection	George IV Calendar as Prince, Regent and King
Reference	GEO/MAIN/38742-38743
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from Sir Henry Clinton to George, Prince of Wales on military strategy in the campaign against Revolutionary France
Date	29 September 1792
Writer	Clinton, Henry, Sir, Colonel
Addressee	George, Prince of Wales (1762-1830)
Description	Clinton discusses the likely scenario if Tionville [Thionville] and Metz are not reduced. He suggests that if the Duke of Brunswick threatens Paris 'the K- will be murdered, and that capital, plundered and burned'. He ends the letter by noting that the 'letters of Du Mourier and Kellerman of this day, do not seem to confirm my very humble opinions'. Signed.
Language	English
Extent	1 document (2 pages)
Physical Description	Loose manuscript papers; mounted
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Publications	Published in A. Aspinall "The Correspondence of George, Prince of Wales 1770-1812" (London, 1964) Vol. 2; no 699
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