Europe in turmoil as armies mobilize across nations
Dispatches from Moscow to Paris detail intensified military buildup in Prussia Saxony and Bavaria. Reports note Keith's fleet movements to Vienna fortification work at Berlin and looming invasions into Bohemia and Alsace while Austrian forces pressure Strasbourg Haguenau and Saverne amid Vauban fortifications. The king aims for peace yet takes the field. British and Dutch coordination signals wider European conflict.
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E Minke
Marquess de la Chetardie
France
Great Britain
Hungary
Lord Tyrawley
Britain
Russia
Stockbohn
Keith
Roman Fae
Vienna
Count Kevenhuller
Wenceslaus de Lichtenstein
Palfi
Palatine
Rhine
Berlin
Silesia
Breslau
Dresden
Hanover
Elector of
Hambourg
Prussia
Poland
Saxony
Bohemia
Bavaria
Cologn
Francfort
Iris
Liege
Lobkowitz
Nemi
Fiumicino
Matthews
England
Hussars
Motern
Sor
Skirmaith
Brumpt
M. de Barchoski
Efterha
Charles of Lorrain
Mote
Haguenau
Lauter
Suill
Drufenheim
Lampertheim
Strasbourg
Prince Charles
Fort Louis
Marshal Vauban
Fort-Louis
Fribourg
Count de P’aigle
Sollingeh
Berendau
Bitsche
Lutzelstein
Phalzbourg
Buschweiller
Saverne
Cardinal de Rohan
Lower
Alsace
Queich
St. Leonard
St. Walbourg
Ebermunster
Marmoutiers
Altorff
Bilbesheim
Order of St. Bennet
Colmar
Schelstadt
Great-britain
Aremberg
Germany
Cifoign
Maurice of Nassau
Lyons
Cardinal Tencin
Peter Guerin de Tencin
Holy Roman Church
Order of the Holy Guest
Botts
Europe
Charles the
Spain
House of Austria
Commissions Signed in Ne ville Regiment of Horse
News from Irelands capital reports His Majesty signing commissions in Ne ville s Regiment of Horse. Officers named include Preston, Conyers, Arthur Preston, and others. In Cork a captain died after a lingering illness. Limerick notes a Bremen ship arrival with prize captures by an English warship and a Dutch dogger captured near Shannon.
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Dublin
Neville
Cork
Palmer Hodges
Folliot
John Ponsanby
Limerick
Bremen
Shannon
Chace
Privateers and naval engagements near Scotland in July
An Edinburgh report from Aberdeen describes the Privateer Sun of Dunkirk captured after a long engagement off Dun kirk shore. A Mull island letter notes a Dutch ship ashore on Tyrie loaded with timber, damaged by cannon fire, with no clear origin. A Clyde vessel from Liverpool recounted a chase with a French privateer near St Kilda, the Clyde captain wounded but the battle ended with the Clyde escaping to sea.
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Edinburgh
Aberdeen
Dunkirk
Peterhead
Mull
Tyrie
Canna
MacQuoid
Liverpool
Holland
Clyde
Orkneys
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Moscow
Lainous
Paris
Count de Severin
Warsaw
M. Dallion
Nantz
St. Nezdire
Wight
Toulon
Hieres
Provence
Torres
Brest
Meff. Rochambaut
Nefmond
Chamberry
Nunes
Lahgués
Oncy
Las
Lreland
Scotland