March Dispatches from Zurich and European War Briefs
In Zurich on March 23 reports state that Grisons will not levy soldiers for Venice unless terms are met including freeing women from nunneries and paying long due pensions, while Venice’s fleet is poised to sail though Dalmatia may resist. Across Europe, April 3 updates note Austrian troop counts and frontier concerns, with France resisting Dutch neutrality pressure and naval moves discussed in Madrid Genoa and Hamburg reports.