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Uppermost Seats contested in strategic Rome defense
Reports from Versailles and Antwerp indicate factions seek control of the upper seats to defend Rome against Imperial advances likely via Imela and Faenza. Letters note privateers damaged after engagement with a British 66 gun man-of-war, with a squadron expected to command early January, while Paris dispatches describe court intrigues and papal accommodation delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imela
Faenza
Rome
Romagna
Fort Urbano
Bologna
Antwerp Courant
Count de Vil- Tars
Versailles
Lucerne
Duke of Vendome
Marial de Boufflers
Anet
Philip V
Marquis de Coeuvres
Toslon
Amsterdam
Baenza
Taun
Zutjune Pen
de’ Prie
Vienna
Ditto
Naples
Barcelona
Cardinal Grimani
Counor