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refuse leave of absence to a l\lr. Duffus, tlieii a prisoner of war in France.
In a letter from Versailles, dated oOtli Soj)teinl)er 1 7 11 , addressed
Earl of Dartnioulh, Monsieur Pontcliartrain writes :
"
t(j tlie
His Majesty wnuld
\villinel\' have in-anted leave to the Sieiu- DiiiUis to yo ovei' t' Enu^land on
his ]K;!'ile, but tlie abu.se ".he Enj^rli^h ofliccrs make of the,- favour.-, has
})rev(';ifd His _Abij(\sty. "^.'U will lie voursrif informed of it, if you will
desire an account to be given you of the time that the Sieurs (rr.ant,
Steward, Louis Urquhart, Valentin ("arte, and othei's, have l)eeu in
England, although their licence is expired, without taking any care to
procure their exchange ;
and therefore 1 desire you to order those othcers to
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return to France in order to comply N^th their jiarole." ' On
the Earl of Dartmoutli comnuniicated this statement of the French Court to
Colonel Grant, and rerpiested to be informed what answer should bo returneil
to it." The Colonel sent a spirited reply, narrating the terms of his ]iar