European War Dispatches From Milan to Brussels in March 1700s
Milan reports 700 French and Spanish troops marching from Mantua to Novara with a German guard, while evasions at Cremo and Mantua indicate evacuations. Vienne notes Eugene in Italy and Stearmberg on the Rhine, with Rabutin to lead in Hungary as imperial troops recruit. Po land cites Czar pressures and muscovite maneuvers toward Little Poland, Cracow, and Posen. Brussels and Paris round out notices of fortifications, royal appointments, and Berwick’s frontiers strategy as Franco-Spanish and allied forces maneuver across Europe.