Message from Paris on European intrigues and military moves
Dispatches reveal Cardinal Fleury letters pleasing Elector and hints that Bavaria may accept the Pragmatic Sanction if French pressure shifts. Reports cite Konigsegg in Munich, Neuter stance by Palatine, troop movements toward the Palatinate, and rumors of 6 000 peasants guided by 6 500 soldiers in Sardinia and ViNare schemes. Notes mention Ottoman and Persian moves with Turkish forces, French troops in Flanders, and talks in The Hague about mediation in France and Austria.