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Baltic and Atlantic naval movements spark global tensions
Reports from Petersburg, Riga, and Revel describe large troop movements and fleets assembling for potential sea action. Britain’s Wager squadron, Danish linkage, and Swedish talks indicate mounting war tensions, with 24096 men ordered aboard galleys and 36007 near Riga prepared to march. A letter from George II to Catherine the Great seeks peace and alliance, stressing restraint while warning of British naval force in the Baltic and costly continental alignments.
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Great Britain
Denmark
Revel
Ocland
Nargin
Petersburg
Riga
Wager
Czarina
Holland
Coruthoe
Ryga
Rohn
Metfon
Gar Tfon
Stockholm
Barcelona
Cartagena
St. Andero
Biscay
Italy
Batishop
Bavaria
Cojogn
Vienna
Munich
Battick Sea
Charles Wager
Europe
Rusha
Conjan