European War Dispatches and Factional Maneuveres
May 19 to May 22 reports from Paris Brussels and The Hague describe royal electors’ maneuvers over succession to the late emperor, Austria’s influence, and Spanish alerts about English expedition preparations. News from the Danube frontier notes Turks near the Dniester and Russian forces at Podolia, while reprisals are ordered for cruelty to captains and crews on a convoy attacked near Harteive. A British pacquet mentions the chevalier de St George traveling incognito, with Villars opposing an Italian campaign. the fronts observe dispersed cavalry for forage and ongoing camps.