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News from Europe and Caribbean Defense Efforts
The 23d brought an English Packet with a Holland Mail. Sir John Fenninos commanded 12 warships to Jamaica then New Spain, leaving cannon and ammunition as the governor fortifies the island. Reports from Madrid and Vienna note finances for war and a French evacuation of Italy. Other cities describe sieges, plunder, and political moves across Europe, with Orleans preparing to campaign in Aragon and Swedish demands under scrutiny.
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John Fenninos
Jamaica
New Spain
Doner
Madrid
Duke of Axjou
Toledo
Carlos II
Duke of Berwick
Valentia
Albacete
Arragon
Charles III
Castile
Navarre
Duke of Aijou
Milan
Italy
Vienna
Transilvania
de A Tour
Berezini
Zixzendorf
Count Cabaldo
Zurich
Savoy
Flanders
Lorrain
Geneva
Berlin
Parkus
Saxony
Ratisbone
Upper-Rhine
Dresden
Varkus
Rhine
Poland
Angus
Sweden
Paris
Spain
Normandy
la Afarine
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