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Evacuation in Catalonia and Hanover marching to Upper Rhine
Postscript to the Dublin Gazette reports from Genoa and Hamburg and Brussels of military moves in 1703. Count Staremberg to evacuate Catalonia as English squadron arrives. Hanover troops ordered to march for the Upper Rhine, with expected actions near Strasbourg and Landau. Prussian forces follow, Luxemburg evacuated toward the Dutch. Villars encamped near Spire with about 40000 men and plans to besiege Landau or Mentz. Dutch-Plenipotentiaries dispute neutrality of Luxemburg. Swedish regency arrangements and Danish seizures strain Franco-Prussian relations. Westminster passes acts on malt duties and public accounts, with commissions to examine army debts and supply forces. London notes appointing Thomas Ashton as Chester’s governor and a notable trial verdict.