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Contagion spreads through city as shortages bite August reports
The lettered despatches describe rising sickness and panic across towns and villages. Merchants halt trade, correspondence breaks, and wealthier residents flee as necessities vanish. Military movements unfold from Paris to Montpelier, with skirmishes near Tournay and rising tensions between imperial and Savoyard forces. A Turkish invasion threat and rumors of revolts compound the climate of war and scarcity.
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