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Grand European War Preparations Across Italy and Courland
Reports from Naples Madrid and Warsaw describe troop movements and strategic plans. Dispatches note four regiments of foot and two of horse from Sicily, transports to Italy, and promotions under Duke Montemar. Courland tensions prompt Polish Senate deliberations on Russian protection and territorial fate. Vienna notes diplomatic snubs, while Berlin and Hamburg report mobilization. Dykes break near Grave, flooding and forcing local evacuation efforts.
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Sicily
Madrid
Italy
Duke de Montemag
Barcelona
Duke of Montemar
Cadiz
Warsaw
Courland
Lowicz
Russia
Tere
Dutchy
Rufsia
Republick
Petersbourg
Poland
Vienna
Bavaria
Tuscany
Austria
Munich
Dantzick
Mittau
Palatinates
Mauritius of
Saxony
Duke of Courland
Berlin
Silesia
Hambourg
Hague