Dublin Gazette in Dublin, Dublin

Peace negotiations shift amid Ottoman Persian talks in Constantinople

The Dublin Gazette reports from Constantinople on April 6 that the Seraskier, leader of the Ottoman Army in Persia, negotiates peace with Thamas Kouli Kan. The Divan rejects the initial peace project as dishonorable, but resolves to continue negotiations, with a new truce and stronger force. It notes reinforcement of twenty thousand troops and artillery for better leverage, while acknowledging the Turks will not join major actions against Christian powers this year or next, pending a possible peace with Persians. Updates from Madrid, Dantzick, The Hague, Frankfort, and Paris describe allied military movements, diplomacy, and preparations across Europe as May progresses.