War News from Europe Aboard a Great Britain Packet
On the 20th a packet from Great Britain arrived with advices from Lerida Balaguer and Rome. French forces in Navarre march toward a border, monasteries supply corn, Catalonians move toward London and Montblanc, Pope to appoint a nuncio to King Charles VII. Berwick named to command in Alsace, Vienna notes Savoy and Faganes journeys, Danube floods and casualties, Ghent convoy reaches Lisle, British reinforcements awaited, provisions ordered, Villars may proceed to Mainz, and peace talks circulate in Brussels with mixed expectations.