Lucerne Named Capital Of Helvetian Government War News From Europe
Dispatches from Paris and Brussels report shifts in power across Italy and Germany. Napoleon era tensions rise with Austrian European coalition moves, French proposals for peace press Metternich for a decisive reply, and military conscription and coastal defenses spread across Holland and Sicily.
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Lucerne
Italy
T Hings
Naples
Euclith
Sicily
Paris
Germany
Versailles
Sieyes
Prussia
Rome
Cisalpine Republic
Ferrol
Spain
Brussells
Wieffingen
North Holland
Texel
Holland
Rhine
Bélcomeé
Laban
Siew
Neuwied
Ruffian unit reinforcement moves toward Turkish frontier
A report from Vienna notes a court order directing the army on the Turkish frontier under General Sawarrow to be reinforced with an expedition. Ruffia plans a joint action with the Porte against France by land and sea. A force of f on the Moldau was sent to aid the Grand Seignior against rebels. A courier from Constantinople reached Bucharest on July 15 with further advice.
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Sic
Roman Republic
Buonaparte
Malta
Buonapare
Corcyra
Corfu
Morea
Switzerland
Vienna
Ruff
Turkey
Sawarrow
Ruffia
Porte
France
Moldau
Grand Seigniot
Constantinople
Bucharest
Peace ratified between Sweden and Tripoli reported
Leghorn July 27 reports peace between Sweden and Tripoli ratified June 23. Thetis arriving from Tripoli carried intelligence. Milan July 31 letters from Naples state court prepares for war with 20,000 regular troops.
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Leghorn
Sweden
Tripoli
Thetis
Milan
Naples
Helvetian Plenipotentiary Presses Demands on Paris
Basle Aug 10 The Helvetian Plenipotentiary in Paris issues a note to the French Foreign Affairs Minister. He denounces French conduct and urges restoration of sectored funds, exemption of tax burdens, return of arms and magazines, reduction of French troops, and support for the Helvetic Republic while negotiating with the French Directory.
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Widdin
Wetzlacr
Limburg
Weilburg
Idstein
Rhine
Joubert
Abbey of
Arberg
Orange Lands
Rastadt
M. Metternich
Germany
French Republic
de Metternich
Thermidor
Boneer
Jean Debry
Basle
Paris
Helvetia
la Vendre
Helvetic Republic
France
Switzerland
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