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Turbulent European Dispatches From The York Chronicle
March 1718 reports from Vienna and London detail court reshuffles and diplomatic shifts. Sieur Wedelowski is recalled, Count Virmond’s staff arrives and moves toward Belgrade, while Britain’s ambassador and Turkish envoys plan a Sophia congress as frostbound roads hinder travel. News from Adrianople and Riga describe Turkish power struggles and Muscovite troop movements amid looming peace talks with Vienna and Madrid. Admiral Wassenaar accelerates Baltic fleet preparations, with Sweden and Spain weighing negotiations versus open hostilities. London notes Norris’s Baltic squadron, a baronetcy for Brook Bridges and fluctuating bank prices as markets react to ongoing alliance pressures.
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Sieur Wedelowski
Virmond
Belgrade
Robert Sutton
Great Britain
Turkey
Count Collyer
Tartar Balarfick
Philipopoli
Ount Collyer
Sophia
Adrianople
Janissaries
Gaipolite
Kaiaia
Tafterdar
Diginy
Anatolia
Mustapha Efendi
Algiers
States General
Price
Dantzick
Witda
Republick
Riga
Livonia
Czarowitz
Muscovy
Lembergh
Poland
Warsaw
Lembergay
Choczin
Hague
Waffenaer
Amsterdam
Gelderland
Sweden
Sardinia
Cagliary
Paris
Vienna
Madrid
Portugal
Estrenadura
Liege
Rochebrune
Cittadel
Cologn
London
John Norris
Brook Bridges Bly
Goodnestone
Kent
East India
Afacan