News from Europe on War and Politics Across Nations
Letters from The Hague Copenhagen and Amsterdam report Swedish frontier readiness and naval movements at Dun kirk. The Naples vice-royal seizure of Benevento drains church revenues, with Pope threatening tithes. Bremen Luneburg flooding devastates crops. Hanoverian forces suffer minimal losses. Petersburg notes a harsh purge of malversations with Prince Wolchorsky executed. Belgrade says surrogates seek perpetual peace or 20-year truce with the Ottoman Empire as relics from Constantinople move with Turkish envoys. Vienna reports the emperor pressing the pope for justification or satisfaction and hints Hessian troops to Italy. Rome dispatches recount Modena agent's mission over Earl of Peterborough’s imprisonment and parliamentary affront.