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Catalan War Tidings Reach Madrid and Vienna
From Madrid and Vienna comes news of Catalonia’s revolt and royal response. In Barcelona the clergy and nobles support submissions to the king, while Don Sizos and others incite the populace to defend privileges, sparking war songs and trumpet signals. A Tarragona courier reports Archbishop and clergy pledging obedience, yet Catalan forces under General Nebot resist a siege and capture several of his men. Vienna notes renewed peace between the Grand Signior and the Czar, with Sweden’s king possibly returning to Europe. Across Europe, sieges near Landau and Mentz unfold as vast contingents mass along the Rhine, with Paris anticipating operations after Landau’s fall. The scene is a sprawling European war panorama with shifting allegiances and mounting artillery.