Briefwisseling en aantekeningen. Deel 1

XCV.
Willem Bentinck aan de gravin van Portland.

[B.M., Eg. 1713]

Den Haag, 6 Oct. 1744.

......I told you in a foregoing letter that the Duke of Arenberg²⁾ was singled out to bear the fault of this campaign, and to be the scape-goat. From all I have seen, the truth is quite otherwise. This is also the opinion of others of sound judgment. I could give you good reasons for this opinion and show you that the fault is of those who accuse others, but I cannot trust it to paper³⁾. So I only beg you to suspend your judgment.

2) De Oostenrijksche bevelhebber in de Nederlanden.

3) Uit de vorige brief en de volgende blijkt duidelijk genoeg, dat maarschalk Wade naar Bentincks oordeel de schuldige was.