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 detached to penetrate into Orleanois, but without effect.

Dijon, Mascon, and Bourg, were the only places in Burgundy, in the possession of the French. George detached ten thousand men under General Cleveland, to reduce those fortresses, which it was expected would prove an easy task, as the two first were cut off from all communication with Philip's army; after performing this service, he was to join the King in the neighbourhood of Lyons. His Majesty the third of May left Nevers, and marched to Moulins; the Governour du Roquet, deserted it at his approach; the King leaving a garrison in it, directed his march to Bourbon, with design to reduce all the places on the Loire; and joining General Cleveland lay siege to Lyons, which he made no doubt would draw Philip to a battle, as the loss of that city would