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Military news with European actions and formations
Lat arrival from Great Britain brings two Lisbon mails noting UR Troops in quarters, plan to prepare Autumn offensives. Spanish forces weakened by detachments to Aragon. Deserters say enemy reinforcements scarce, hope for superiority. King recovering from throat swelling. Dutch ships with 1300 recruits linger for wind to Barcelona. Naval movements include English and Dutch fleets, merchant bound ships. Frontiers report feeble crops and rising provisions costs, mortality in Seville and Toledo feared to rise. Earl of Galway arrived in good health. Wayde promoted to Major General of Copenhagen. Dutch squadron in the Sound to escort corn ships to Amsterdam. King returns from Berne, July 28. Diet deputies in Boden lodge grievances against St Gallen Abbot over provisions and ammunition. Contingents in Geneva note male contents growing. forces encamped at Avroux with 1000 men. French detachments and Berwick's army suffer declines from sickness. Bavarian counts and Swiss theatres described. Aviary bridges laid for supplies. Scarcity of local provisions leads to Abode exodus and large bomb and powder shipments prepared for Tourney. Deserters report commissariats pressed for provisions as Artois and nearby districts exhausted. Descriptions of bombardment and fortress pressures near Tournay and Fairay. Mortality in Hamburg suburbs prompts potential prohibition of letters to curb infection. Monarchs show diplomacy and honors with Denmark, Holstein, and Hanover relations. Overall Savoy and Dauphine outlook remains desperate. towns Chamberry and Briancon abandoned. Projets end.