English and Dutch Ministers Press Regency on Subordination
The Harlem Courant reports that English and Dutch ministers urge the Regency to yield to them as long as these powers control the Netherlands. News from Mons and Antwerp notes forts and magazines built for a March siege and a sledging pageant in the city amid heavy snow. Reports from Turin and Paris describe peace talk at Utrecht, troop movements in Dauphiny, and a fleet assembling at Toulon to clear the Med and blockade Barcelona. In Vienna and Berlin, officers depart for campaigns as the Franch courts, marshals, and garrisons move toward winter positions and potential hostilities.