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Armies Movements and Trade News From Continental Fronts
From Hague Courant and supplementary papers April reports detail French and Imperial forces massing on the Upper Rhine and in Bavaria with 22 battalions and 13 squadrons expected. British regiments march toward a rendezvous as a 69 thousand man camp forms near Lille. News from Madrid and Cadiz note Spanish campaigns, Portugal provisioning, and a storm dispersing the Brazil fleet. Also letters from Utrecht and Amsterdam describe conferences on religion and politics as preparations for a grand congress proceed.
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Ostend
Hague
Rochelle
Vera Cruz
Amterdam
Upper Rhine
Dauphiny
Bavaria
Cologn
Netherlands
Fels
Bonn
Tournay
Lumley
Oily
Chevalier de Luxemburg
Lisle
Senfet
Senet
Paris
Madrid
Saragosa
Henarez
Arragon
Catalonia
Cadiz
Estremadura
Biscay
French Armateur
Lisbon
Portugal
England
Brazil
Halle Courant
Himburgh
Pomerania
Stralsund
Detian
Count Sponck
Antwerp
Gibraltar
Utrecht
Inf
Eugene Arrivd
Count Zinzndorf
Savoy
E. of Scrafford
Heinsius
Ins House
Prince Eugene
Count Zinzendorf
Scates
Earl of Scrafford
Veredit
Hurley
Banniver
Cafar
Huaft
Shippen
Africa
Tharit