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Messenger Badge Detention Sparks Diplomatic Tension
On January 23 orders were issued to frontier generals to halt all travelers and notify the court. Belgrade detained an English messenger bearing a passport to Constantinople. Richelieu and Eugene intervened. the Emperor allowed the messenger to proceed.
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Constantinople
Porte
Eperor
Turku
Belgrade
Wirtemberg
Servia
Monsieur Bruckhausen
Duke de Richelieu
Crown of
Great Britain