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Turbulent dispatches from Vienna to London 1718
An 1718 summary from Vienna and surrounding posts reports ambassadors from Sophia and Belgrade arriving with Turkish plenipotentiaries. It notes possible congress at Ihram on the Danube, various troop movements near Morava, and suspicions of a broader peace with Poland and Sweden. Also mentioned are Hafen and Hamburg briefs, price checks, and naval rumors from Barcelona about a convoy bound for Sardinia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halland
France
Niffa
Esterday Count Collier
Sophia
Bashaw
Ihram
Danube
Vienna
Buda
Robert Sutton
Belgrade
Virmond
Ruzzini
Dalman
Zwernick
Theodor
Thei
du Sol
du Bourg
Turin
Count Mercy
Temelvaer
Hamburgh
Sweden
Aland
Livonia
Revel
Czarifh
Poland
Dantzick
Dresden
Reiffen
Pozen
Warsaw
Neral
Wackerbarth
Lagnateo
King of Polard
Hungary
John Adolf of
Weilfenfels
Stanislaus
Berlin
Proffia
Cleve
Guelderland
Pruttian
Utrecht
Hague
Spain
Great Britain
Friezland
Paris
Britaiy
Marelchal de Montesquieu
Sieur de Rochefort
Mareschal
Turkey
Levant
Naples
London
Paris Gazette
Barcelona
Cadiz
Genoa
Amsteras.1
Sardinia