French and Venetian Naval Movements and Continental Conflicts
Reports describe French ships preying on Neapolitan coasts with two captured merchantmen from Pepila to Naples. Venice details Generals Fafcolo and Barbaro coordinating actions at sea while Turk fleets and Barbary ships block Rhodez. Armies in Milan and Piedmont wintering after raids. Flanders actions include Link and Bearbough gains. Brittany assembly disputes persist among dukes, with the Paris court weighing a new presidency and Picardy’s Marshal d Axavont reshaping French forces.