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British and Spanish naval actions and European court moves
Postscript reports from Amsterdam and Naples describe two British ships capturing a troublesome Spanish privateer and retaking four Neapolitan tartans with provisions, sending them to the Imperial Camp in Sicily. Messina’s citadel resists, Don Luca Spinola’s surrender attempt is blocked, and Leghorn notes Spanish ships and officers jailed. Florence bars Spanish officers in Duke of Florence territories to avoid imperial complaints. Reports from Vienna, Hanover, Berlin, and The Hague detail envoys, peace talks, royal travels, and shifting terms among Britain, Sweden, Poland, Denmark, and Prussia, with hopes for northern tranquility before the king’s return to England. The marriages of Princess Sobiesky in Rome are announced with lavish gifts, while Amsterdam and Hamburg dispatch further diplomatic movements and arrivals.