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Siege News from Melazzo and Allied Dispatches
Reports from Naples and Baia recount Great Convoy movements and 28 gun Spanish prize taken at Sardinia. Accounts detail Sieges at Melazzo with Provisions landed, lines expanded, and repeated bombardments. Deserters note enemy detachments and battering. casualties mounted on both sides as Hanover and Zumlungen troops mobilize. Venetian dispatches report Corfu explosion killing Piani and widespread damage.
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Holland
France
Naples
Melazzo
Genoa
Baia
Sardinia
Caraffais
Meerazzo
Italy
Zumlungen
Hanover
Visconti
Salley
Palermo
Gabions
Schober
Reggio
Pontemole
Venice
Decembro
Corfu
Senate
Piani
Peghetti
Superbe
Lenox
Lisbon
Cadiz
Barcelona
Sicily
Vienna
Marquis de St Thomas
Sobieski
Olau
Silesia
Intprock
Rome
Caprara
Bolonia
Vurkith Aga
Poland
Earl of Cadogan
England
Marquis de Prie
Bruffals
Hannover
Duke of Mecklenburgh