War Preparations Move as Turco-Russian Tensions Rise
News from Vienna and Venice outline mounting measures against the Turks, with reports of Tartars and Cossacks incursions into Russia repulsed by Russian forces. Emperors, councils, and provincial funds discuss troop augmentations, fortification drafts, and payments to armies. Venice plans Swiss troops and naval deployments while Basel and Basil exchange diplomatic steps to end disputes.
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Russia
Volga
Vienna
Khevenhuller
Tuscany
Duke of Lorrain
Lorrain
Bolzano
Tyroleze
Bohemia
Hungary
Futack
Bosnia
Venice
Republick
Milan
Swifferland
Dalmatia
Levant
Scaffboufen
Fan
Basil
Frey
Paris
Luke Schaub
Court of
France
Hambourg
Levenroth
Einbach
Port News from Falmouth and Weymouth
Port notices report yesterday fail'd Eagle Packet for Corunna and Valencia and Isabella from London bound for Virginia by different captains. No packet on this side. Princess Amelia sails to Virginia from Weymouth. Earlier sails include George and Eleanor from Berwick with corn to Marseille.
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Eagle
Corunna
Stonham
London
Virginia
Valencia
Newton
Isabella
Ditto
Fitch
Mediterranean
Weymouth
Amelia
George and Eleanor
Selby
Berwick
Marseilles
Royal and Papal Negotiations Amid War and Murders
London dispatches report mixed diplomatic tides as Divan ministers weigh peace with Russia against renewed Tartars attacks, and Rome paves terms for Sicily Naples investiture. A brutal tale from Paris recounts a peasant who killed his two daughters to honor martyrs, while entries from Leghorn and Milan note Spanish troop movements and Count Khevenhuller’s Vienna posting.
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Croatia
Marquess de Langallerie
Constantinople
Russia
Asaph
Forest
Petersbourg
Naples
Rome
Sicily
Don Carlos
Cardinal Acquaviva
Spain
Florence
Bredewitz Arriv
Leghorn
Fan
Barcelona
Alicant
Marquess de ‘Silva
Milan
N.S
Count Khevenhuller
Vienna
Council of War
Paris Alamain
Chalon
Soan
Gave
St. Stephen
Jesus Christ
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