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Paris Gazette Notes French Relievo Plot and Madrid Letters
From the Paris Gazette and Madrid reports a French detachment maneuvered to relieve a castle near Brisac but fell into an ambuscade with several officers killed and prisoners taken. Updates from Mons describe a captain’s unit burning magazines near Mechlin and elsewhere near Brussels. Madrid details a blockade plan for Allicant, promotions for officers, and troop redeployments as Staremberg leads 50,000 troops toward Tortosa. Amsterdam and Stockholm items note naval expansion, war costs, and court councils aiming for a larger forthcoming campaign with famed generals under consideration. Privateers in Port Royal yield success amid December activity.
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Parny Fane
Strasburg
Ditto
Madrid
Fan
Chevalier de Hasselt
Allicant
Valens
Pedro Ronquillo
Fortosa
Marquis d’Ordona
Juxillo
Francisco Ronquillo
Don Diego de Amarilla
Amsterdam
Stockholm
Parit
Flanders
Burgundy
Burgundy,desires It Very Pressingly, and Iis
Marefchal de? Catsat
Marefchals de
Starembergh
Terragona
Tortoza
St. John
Blafois
Marcis
Adrian de Bettancourt
Monsieur de Longchamp
Port Royal
Yamaha
Cap
Coley