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Plague and War Actions Across Germanic States
Reports from Hamburg and surrounding territories describe large movements of 2000 people fleeing Altena, Danish warnings, and Swedish and Danish military threats. Letters recount devastation in Altena and Staden, with cautions against burning cities and strategic warnings from Count Steinbeck and Count Welling. Brussels and Amsterdam chime in with frontier preparations, troop movements, and propaganda as war looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Count Steinbock
Mont. Wibe
Denmark
Altena 3
Pomerania
Albes
Count Welling
Bremen
Kerden
Flemming
Mont. Scholten
Sceinbock
Altena
Staden
Stralsund
Wismar
Steinbeck
Zeland
Saxony
Meyer
Steinbock
Mons
Wibe
Holstein
Iam
Hamburg
Welling
Tournay
Caffel
Denhof
Rading
Lisle
Prince of Holstein Beck
Anthoin
Council of State
Brussels
Collar
St. Ghilzin
Fogue
Fan
Utrecht
Catalonia
Izly
John Newport
Carrick
Tipperary
Clonmell
Waterford
John Jepson
Dublin
Grangemi Clare
Kildare
Barrony
Connell
Killmeague
Darby Clarke
Edward Huttson
Naas