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European War Preparations and Naval Updates Across Europe
Reports from Cadiz and Madrid describe Spanish fortifications and coast defenses, including trenches, batteries, and a 12 to 15 thousand man flying corps. Paris and Amsterdam dispatches note English fortifications at Gibraltar, Portuguese mobilizations, and expanding naval forces with ships like the Blenheim and Royal William. News from Lisbon, Barcelona, and Cadiz covers armament build-ups, European court diplomacy, and merchant movements amid the ongoing continental conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prussia
Cadiz
Gibraltar
Corregidor
Canary Islands
Madrid
Lisbon
Portugal
Ciudad Rodrigo
Andalusia
Galicia
Amsterdam
Paris
France
Pomerania
Prince Gallitzin
Raffia
Greek-street
Soho
Harwich
Holland
Germany
Zufchlag
Francis
Jamaica
London
Chambers
Sussex
Spithead
Admiral Geary
Admiral Hawke
Blenheim
Royal George
Navy
St. Andrew’s
Holborn
Sellon
Harper
Langley
St. John the Evangelist
Cleeter
Deceas
Catling
Westminster Abbey
Jackson
Mills
Westminster-Hall-Gate
Ratifgon
Vienna
College of Princes
Sax Gotha
Baden-Dourlach
Anhalt
Nassau
Nurenberg
Augsburgh
Hamburgh
Francfort
Culogn
Charles de Mengden
Russia
Siberia
Petersburgh
Genoa
Corsica
Provence
Faid Corporation
Chamber of Commerce
St. Laurence
Joinville
Arles
Count de Estaing
Tower of London
Earl of Egremont
Duke de Choiseuil
M. d’Estaing
East-India Company
John Martin
Overbury
Worcester
Fry
Muzamers
Craven Street
Strand
Bett
Bristol
Oporto
Brett
Dartmouth
Morlaix
Anne
Plymouth
St. Malo
Davis’s Straits
Quebec
Sound
Dublin
Deal
The
Downs