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News from Europe and Near East summarizing 1700s campaigns
May 13 Florence reports Rome dispatches indicate Prince Avellino will enter Rome as ambassador with papal reception. Sardinia says Swedes and Muscovites clash near Riga, naval and land actions against France and Naples emerge. Armies move toward the Rhine and Boulogne front with Villars advancing near Arras, preparing for battle. Madrid slow on Medina papers amid siege dynamics in Leride and Girone. News from Begium and Warsaw notes Austro-Polish maneuvers and truce tensions with the Ottoman court. Königsberg and Sardinia reflect provisioning and transport of troops and stores across multiple theaters.
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Rome
Avellino
Charles III
Sardinia
Sicily
Naples
Bercelonz
Mittau
Magis
Philipsburg
Gronsfeldt
Etlingen
Landau
Warsaw
Augustus
Marienburg
Wybourg
Puligna
Sweden
Bender
Francfort
de Bezons
Zauterburg
Flanders
Rhine
Delphine
Versailles
Marshal de Villars
Arras
Marshal de Viliers
Altho
Garison
Dewry
Monsieur Albergoini
Chevalier de Luxemburg
Boychein
Madrid
Duke of Medina
Celi
Serragofz
Leride
Philip
Count de Staremberg
Italy
Roxfilor
Girone
Carlos
Doway
Mont St. Eloy
Iis
Villars
Fain
Bois Bernard
Monntauban
Noyele-fous-Lenis
Duke of
Meriborough
Prince of
Mathal de Villars
Lens
Nayele-Jous-Lens
St. Laurent