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Strife in Mantua and Polish Fronts Stir Global War News
In Masue April 15 reports say Mirandola faces Allied threat while Imperialists back Guattalla. Allies boast 103,000 troops, but exclude remote Spaniards. Imperialists claim stronger field force. Dispatches from Warsaw note Polish troops rally on all fronts as Saxony weighs safety near Warsaw. Petersburg reports Ottomans and French renegades forming a 3000-strong force, funded by a crown, with Turk militia. British Commons votes discussed Protestant land titles and claims, Naples hints Don Carlos may be crowned in Pa de ramo, and Sweden blocks arms to Stanislaus backers. Paris notes ships at Brest and fortifications in Flanders, while Rhine reports French recruits ill-equipped and ill-clad. Maritime trade and arms flows continue across Europe with Portugal recruiting and Russia-Saxony efforts expanding. King Augustus gains Polish support as Palatine of Lublin presses, while Warsaw unrest grows.