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Despatches Describe Ottoman Venetian Clashes and British News
Numb 1087 reports letters from Venice and Toulon detailing Ottoman forces near Zante and fears of a Turkish descent, plus a fierce naval action near Toulon where an English ship pressed two Salee rovers and forced one to surrender. Paris and Amsterdam lines note court taxes and court politics amid European tensions. British royalty arrival and Danish fleet moves also described with local political disputes in Scotland and Hungary.
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Paris A la Main
Paris
Venice
Levant
Chiety
Ile
Zante
Corfu
Viscardi
Corru
Toulon
Dardarels
Port-Mahon
Court of Justice
Cardinal del Giudice
Spain
Alberoni
Amsterdam Courant
Hanover
Great Britain
Lintz
Prince Frederick
Pyrmont
Hamburg
Sweden
Ysted
Denmark
Czeremethof
Baur
Jutland
Comodore
Tordenskiold
Gabel
Igen
Gottenburg
Wismar
Amsterdam
Vienna
Orchid
Vakovar
Effeck
Eugene Pass
Count Palfi
Croatia
Transilvania
Belgrade
Temenaer
Hungary