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Massed European Forces Press Across Frontiers in July News
Reports from Aug 12 to Aug 22 describe armies moving toward Piedmont and Savoy, with Spanish and French troops reinforcing frontiers. Details mention Don Philip inspecting near Montmelian, Swiss cantons seeking neutrality, and British and Austrian ministers discussing Dunkirk and military plans. Dispatches note ships, fortifications, and multiple regiments, while civilian casualties and oaths of neutrality surface among Swiss and Italian theaters.
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Fort Barreau
Sardinia
Piedmont
Vaudois
Don Philip
Montmelian
Savoy
Schafftoujen
Nice
Matthews
Villafranca
Vienna
Mary-Elizabeth-Josephina- Jané-Antonietta
Ratisbon
Ingolstadt
Egra
Berendau
Prince Charles
Fribourg
Charles of Lorrain
Rhine
Munzingen
Alsace
Baron Trenck
Wmeniz
Mombach
Oppenheim
Hef- Sark
Chasis of
Lorrain
Menzel
Sarre
Émtq
Champagne
Petees
Earl of Stair
M. Mentzel
Rte Kirtain
Ae Raien
Hyndford
Berlin
Rapairs
Pranfirt Aaecan
Kenngstelat
Hailang
Walher
Hungary
Cobrentz
Triers
Moselle
Luxembourg
Flinders
Cardinal Schonborn
Bitton
Spire
Constance
Bruchfa
Baron Hailang
Great Britain
Mentz
Count de Lautrec
France
Paris
Baron Harlang
Ligoniere
Bretagne
Dunkirk
Stockholm
Graman
Thermeéden