Evening Post in London, Middlesex

Postscript on European War News from May Observations

Leghorn reports 60 Spanish-coloured ships steered toward Iberia with a favorable wind on the Naples voyage. Turin dispatches outline Sicilian and Piedmontese troop moves to reinforce coastal garrisons as a fleet of over 209 ships readies at Elphin with six months supplies. Genoa notes German border activity prompts Corsican regiments to advance, while Paris reports a debated combustible rigging invention and possible late peace with the Porte. London sources indicate Madrid’s hard line and a Spanish-Emperor accord with terms affecting Walachia and Moldavia. A Madrid envoy says the Spanish king will not permit accommodations that exclude mutual acceptables. The print notes the Armament and Fleet may target the Emperor’s Italian dominions.