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News from Naples and Messina amid Sicilian war plans
Reports from Naples describe transports and British warships ready to move troops to Reggio and Sicily. The Venetian and Dutch ships chronicle Mediterranean maneuvers, imperial troop movements through Leghorn, and fear of a prolonged siege as Spanish batteries threaten Messina while Byng presses the town to honor capitulations. In Bilbao, Biscayan unrest erupts with killings, plunder, and calls to preserve privileges, while Brussels learns barriers to the Quadruple Alliance may ease.
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Naples
Reggio
Sicily
Messina
George Byng
Castagneta
Cartaneas Rothe
Chevalier de Sp.George
Poland
Cardinal Guailieri
Urbino
Castel Gandolfo
London
Vienna
Piemontez
Turin
Adimir
Cittadel
Ca Jabuia
Genoa
Milanege
le Peters’ Arena
Republick
Sardinia
Nice
Count de Charolois
Paris
Leghorn
Palermo
Barbary
Bilbao
Vengonia
Don Enrique d’ Arena
Biscay
Madrid
Marquise de Burgas
Albia
Dufte
Don Enrique
Marquis de Prie
Brussels
Marequis de Lede