KnoWoPerWriMo
Nov. 9th, 2008 10:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lucianusTuesday 9. November
Quite cold this day; before dinner came Marshall Biron to Sir R. W. that he might view the fire in the suburbs opposite the which Villiers had foreborne to burn until now and the inhabitants thereof had proffered some 8000 crowns to save it from fire and while the Marshall and my Lord and Sir R. W. did go to view the town its fire the enemy did fire four or five cannon shot at them but no shots did find their mark but rather landed wide or short; this night won two crowns at cards from Captain Welch.
Coningsby reports that the governor of Rouen ordered the suburbs to be burned to deny the allied forces extra cover from which to launch attacks. Luke is fairly lucky at cards and a good thing to because there is not too much else to do in camp beside smoking, drinking, and card playing.
Coningsby, Thomas, Jornall of Cheife Thinges Happened in Our Jorney from Deape the 13. of Auguste, Untyll, MS.- Harl. 288. f. 253279, p. 37-38.
