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[Treaty of Paris] George Murray Letter signed ('G. Murray') to 'My Lord'. Murray announces "It has been agreed upon with Count Woronzaw [Voronstov] that the Russian Troops about to move towards the Coast in place of Encamping shall occupy Cantonments between Bailleul and Bergues' and further informs his correspondent 'These Troops are to march in 5 Divisions (or Columns) and it is at present intended that the movement shall take place so as that the first Division may arrive in its Cantonment upon the 27th of June, and the following Divisions on the next succeeding days', further enclosing a note of the Cantonments in which the troops will be accommodated in the march, asking that the arrangements be submitted to Sir Henry Fane ('in order that he may be so good as cause the British Cavalry to vacate in time') and concluding 'Should there be any particular Quarters in the Cantonments to be taken up by the Russian Troops which it may be desirable should not be occupied by them, I beg you will transmit me a memorandum on the subject, and I shall request Count Woronzaw to give orders accordingly", three pages, small folio, Cambray, 4 June 1817; together with the enclosures referred to, being two manuscript documents, in French, the first is headed "Emplacement des Colonnes Russes" and the second "Marche Route des Troupes Russes", naming various villages (situated in the hinterland around Dunkirk) and their populations etc., and how they will be divided between the five Divisions, both signed at the conclusion by a Captain Moore, certifying that they are true extracts from the originals, three pages (total), folio, n.p., n.d. (June 1817) ***George Murray (1772-1846) British Soldier & Politician, Chief of Staff to the Army of Occupation in France following Napoleon's defeat at the Battle of Waterloo.