Treaty rumors and royal intrigues across Europe
Milan reports a Vienna Rome accommodation and changes sought by Piezza. Mantua succession tensions rise with Duke of Lorrain and Guastalla contesting. Ex Naples Viceroy Ecclona held with stricter confinement possible. Allied fleet to Catalonia. Piedmont troops redeployed toward Flanders. heavy snow blocks passes. Vienna peace hopes dim, Swabian circle vows troop mobilization. Enghien knighted at Versailles. Savoy seeks ten million florins with private negotiations. Edinburgh reports Army arrears accounting underway.