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News Summary of May 1709 European War Movements
Reports from Ghent to Harwich describe large troop movements across the Rhine and into the Netherlands, with Saxons and Imperial cavalry arriving at Deniz and Pont-a-Treffin for reconnaissance. Marlborough’s diplomacy and ongoing peace talks frame the volatile campaigns, while provisions and corn export controls stir political maneuvering among Dutch, Bavarian, and Hamburg authorities. Three towns report convoys reaching Lisle and Courtray as pestilence and famine fears rise, and naval incidents with privateers affect Cork and Kinsale trade.
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Wesel
Rhine
Ruthert
Netherlands
Great Britain
Holland
Count Mercy
Deniz
Lobcowite
Tourney
Arres
St. Creer
Doway
Pont-a-Treffin
Ghent
Lifle
Bruges
Antmerp
Eleétor
Bavaria
Bruffels
Eugene
Chandos
Courtray
Lisle
Philip
Spein
Altho
Canton
Hague
Duke of Marlborough
England
President de Rouille
Paris
Wirtemberghers
Flanders
Cadogan
Lennoy
Touster
Templeuve
France
Nentz
Britany
Bzvariz
Dentwick
Bom Oy
Hamburgh
Holstein
Denmark
Maeze
Folfembuttgel
Aix-la-Chappelle
Berg
Fuliers
Archbishop of
Salizburgh
Germany
Harwich
North-Britain
London
Lord-Tréssurer
Blexheim House
Mortrow
Don Joseph Diaz
Morocco
St. Fernes's
Charles Cotterel
Charles Earl of
Chappel
Kinsale
St. Sebastins
Dublin
Fountain
Cork
Barbadoes
Baltimore
Britain
Hampshire
Speedwell
Ireland
T. Servant
Castle-street
Ann Pees
Seaford
Kinfae