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Siege of Picighstone and Italy campaign update
From the Camp at Picighstone and nearby theatres, reports describe French artillery reconsolidating forts, assaults on Ghiera, and heavy combat with 100 garrisoned troopsat Fort Gheira. Allies claim control of Vigovera, Pavia, Lodi, Cremona, Como. Sardinia reports royal court measures and troop movements. London notes illness in high offices and political arrivals.
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Fort Gheira
Baring
Marquiss de Coigny
Sardinia
Marshal de Villars
France
Rome
Cardinal Cienfuegos
Ferrara
Mantuan
Macerata
Ofimo
Ilm
Vigovera
Pavia
Lodi
Cremona
Como
Maléo
Pizzighitone
Ghiera
Germany
Vienna
Prince Eligent
Rhine
Spain
Madrid
Humninguen
Marshal de Berwick
Lord Fitz-James
Éredting
T'Roops
Netherlands
Hague
N. S
William
Prince of Orange
Brussels
Bavaria
Cologn
Palatine
Mayethce
London
Conway
Robert Walpole
Small
Golden Square
Parliament of
Ireland
St. James's
Charles Gounter
Nicoll
Grosvenor Square
Sir Charles Gounter Nicoll
Order of the Bath
Peterborough
Northamptonshire
Blundell
Basingstoke
Hamipshire
Mos
Earl of Essex
Turin
White
Keen
Spat
M. de Chavigny
Norfolk
Arlington-street
Widdrington
Sweden
Stanislaus
Brest
Thoulon
States General
Silesia
Admiralty
Mediterranean
Turkey
Italy
Villars
Poland
Warsaw
Elector of Saxony
Cracow
West Indies
Oran
Danizick
Provence
Languedo
Agde
Montpelier
Ciy
Naples
Marseilles
Toulon
Bristol
Sutton Symes
Achonry
Kingdom of Ireland
Great Britain
Lord Harrington
Dublin
Lord ‘Taka