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Army dispatches from Castelretro to Mantua in 17th century blitz
The Dublin Intelligence reports Crequi's 41 squadrons 23 battalions 15 cannon encamped near Castelretro, planning to march to Casal Maggiore. Spain’s king to join with 42 squadrons 17 battalions 21 cannons, totaling 83 squadrons 46 battalions 36 cannons. Vaudemont guards Mantua while the Po corridor holds. News from Coloran and Tunis revolution, Ibrahim Cherif beheads Amarat Bey, Tunis ruler. Catinat shifts toward Straetsburgh area as Villars gathers 6000 men. Dutch privateers captured. English fishers seized. Amiens bankrupts. Madrid orders English Dutch goods seized in two months.
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Coloran
Parma
Lenfa
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Tunis
Amarat
Bey
Algiers
Aga
Ibrahim Cherif
Haffan
Adrianople
Elias
Catinat
Reighafen
Hert
Witeffheym
Straetsburgh
Fort Lewis
Hagenau
Siedtad
New-brifack
Hanningen
Marquis de Villars
Flanders
Saer Lewis
Metz
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Bruges
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Ghent
Dunkerlo
France
Duke of Burgundy
Amiens
Amsterdam
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