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Empire tensions rise as Austrian frontiers brace for war
Reports describe Russian and Austrian measures amid Buonaparte's Egypt plan as French and Cisalpine troops move through Italian territories. A ten percent tax is levied to cover extraordinary costs, churches and universities are sold, and Gen Mack trains troops on the frontier. A Paris messenger brings expected instructions to Gen Schaumburg. The Grison country sees imperial troops promised no disruption to Franco-Austrian accord. Basle hosts 3500 French troops with arsenals and new defences under construction.
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Vienna
Egypt
Turin
Paris
Buonaparte
Arabia Petrea
India
Red Sea
Ancona
Corfu
Gen. Mack
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Flatesi
Schauehberg
Grifon
Basle
Little Earle
Berne
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