Plague fears gate harbours as ships face ban from meds
Vienna reports troops marching to form a camp in the Lower Palatinate near Mainz with 14 squadrons and 12 battalions including Dragoons of Eugene Rabutin Jorger and Hamilton Cavaliers. Rome notes Polignac’s effort to keep Hanoverian alliance while Europe remains tense. Hamburg cites frigates sailing to the Sound and Polish Protestant danger. Paris describes St Roch siege works and cannon, salaries promotions, and ships fitted for Atlantic actions. Hague notes copies of a memorial causing diplomatic friction. London Bristol report privateers and Baltic squadron readiness.