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Deluge Floods Dresden and Allied War Dispatches
Dresden reports describe the Elbe overflowing on the 26th, washing away cattle, furniture, and ruins, damaging mills and causing drownings. Simultaneously, dispatches from Petersburga Warsaw Munich Berlin and other locales recount royal births military maneuvers and sieges across Europe, including Bavarian possession of Passau and Skirmishes near Kalkao and Strehlen. The Swedish declaration of war against Russia is also noted with orders to cut all trade and navigation.
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Dresden
Petersburga
Empire
Warsaw
Aftochow
Kaliich
Republick
Kalkao
Bulan
Neuperg
Neifs
Munich
Palau
Portec
Passau
Schardingen
Sweden
Frederick
Empire of
Russia
Pomerania
Shere
Stockholm
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