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THE CONTENTS.

• ORIGIN of the troubles in North America, page 1

M.DCC.LV.
• Admiral Boscawen and General Braddock sent to America, 2
• Different operations under∣taken, 4
• Two French men of war taken by Adm. Boscawen, ib.
• Gen. Braddock defeated near Fort du Quesne, 5
• — Dieskau defeated, and taken by Gen. Johnson. ib.
• Seizure of the French trading ships, ib.

M.DCC.LVI.
• French threaten an invasion, 6
• Fort St. Philip in the island of Minorca, besieged, and taken by the French, ib.
• Sea-fight off Minorca, between Admiral Byng, and M. Ga∣lissoniere, ib.
• Treaty with Russia, 7

M.DCC.LVII.
• Alliance with the King of Prussia, ib.
• Ground of the quarrel between her Imperial Majesty and the King of Prussia, 9
• Treaty of Petersbourg, 10
• —of Versailles, 11
• King of Prussia enters Saxony, and Bohemia, ib.
• Battle of Lowositz, 12
• Saxon army surrenders, ib.
• State of the English Ministry, 13
• The characters and designs of the several factions, ib.
• A coalition of parties, 17
• Oswego taken by the French, ib.
• Calcutta taken by the Nabob, 18
• Angria reduced by Adm. Wat∣son, 19
• State of the confederacy against the King of Prussia, ib.
• The French pass the Weser, 22
• King of Prussia enters Bohemia, ib.
• Battle of Prague, ib.
• Prague invested, 23
• Count Daun takes command of the Austrian army, ib.
• Battle of Colin, 24
• Consequences of the battle of Colin, 25
• King of Prussia evacuates Bo∣hemia, ib.
• Battle of Hastenbeck, 26
• Convention of Closter-seven, ib.
• Expedition to Rorchfort, ib.
• Russians enter Prussia, 27
• Austrians besiege Schweidnitz, ib.
• French and Imperialists make in∣cursions into Brandenbourgh, ib
• Swedes enter Pomerania, ib.
• Battle of Norkitten, 28
• General Lehwald defeated, ib.
• Melancholy state of the King of Prussia, ib.
• Battle of Rosbach, 30
• Schweidnitz taken by the Au∣strians, 32
• Prince of Bevern attacked in his Page  [unnumbered] entrenchments, 32
• Bresiau taken by the Austrians, ib.
• King of Prussia marches into Silesia, 33
• Battle of Lissa, ib.
• Breslau retaken, 35
• Austrians driven out of Silesia, ib.
• Russians and Swedes retire, ib.
• Hanoverians resume their arms, 36
• Cruelty of the French, ib.
• Condition of their army, ib.
• Castle of Harburg besieged, 37
• Preparations for an expedition to Louisbourg, and laid aside, 39
• Fort William Henry taken, 41

M.DCC.LVIII.
• Exploits of Adm. Watson and Colonel Clive in India, 42
• Chandenagore, a French fort taken, 43
• Victory over the Nabob, 44
• Nabob taken and beheaded, ib.
• Revolution in Bengal, 45
• Treaty advantageous to the East India company, ib.
• Admiral Watson dies, ib.
• French retire to Hanover, 46
• The taking of Hoya, 47
• Minden taken, 48
• Distress of the French, 49
• Generosity of the Duke de Ran∣dan, ib.
• The French retire beyond the Rhine, ib.
• Recovery of Embden by Com. Holmes, 50
• Alterations in the French Mi∣nistry, 51
• The state of the English affairs, 53
• Subsidy treaty with the King of Prussia, 54
• Affairs of Sweden & Russia, ib.
• Schweidnitz taken by the King of Prussia, 55
• He enters Moravia and invest•Olmutz, ib
• Conduct of Count Daun, 59
• He attacks the Prussian convoy 57
• Siege of Olmutz raised, ib.
• King of Prussia marches into Bohemia, 58
• Allies pass the Rhine, 59
• Battle of Crevelt, ib.
• Action at Sangershausen, 62
• —at Meer, 63
• Allies repass the Rhine, 65
• Retreat from Bohemia, 66
• Measures of Count Daun, ib.
• Battle of Custrin, 70
• King of Prussia marches into Saxony, and joins Prince Henry, 73
• General Oberg defeated at Lan∣werenhagen, 75
• King of Prussia surprised at Hohkirchen, 77
• M. Keith and Prince Francis of Brunswick killed, ib.
• Affair at Gorlitz, 80
• M. Daun invests Dresden, 82
• King of Prussia raises the siege of Neis and Cosel, 84
• Death of the Duke of Marlbo∣rough. ib.
• Dispositions for the winter, 86
• The burning of the ships at St. Malo, 90
• Taking of Cherbourg, 91
• Defeat of St. Cas, 94
• Operations in America, 95
• Siege and taking of Louisbourg, 97
• English army defeated at Ticon∣deroga, 121
• They take Frontenac, 125
• The French abandon Fort du Quesue, ib.
• Goree taken, 127

Page  [unnumbered] M.DCC.LIX.
• The inclination of the powers at war at the closing of the last campaign, 132
• The King of Spain's death ap∣prehended, 133
• Condition of the King of Prus∣sia, Empress Queen, Sweden, Holland, France and England, 134
• The allied army moves, 141
• Battle of Bergen, ib.
• Plan of the campaign, 143
• General Macguire defeated, 144
• Bamberg pillaged, ib.
• Hesse abandoned by the allies, 145
• Expedition to the West Indies under Hopson and Moore, 146
• Account of Martinico, ib.
• Failure there, ib.
• Guadaloupe invaded, and de∣scription of that island▪ 147
• Basse Terre attacked and burn∣ed, 149
• General Hopson dies, 150
• Operations against Grand Terre, ib.
• The inhabitants capitulate, 151
• Letters to the Government on the occasion, ib.
• Bravery of a French lady, 152
• Mariegalante taken, 154
• Progress of the French after the battle of Bergen, 160
• Munster and other places taken, 163
• Motions of Prince Ferdinand, 164
• Battle of Minden, 166
• Hereditary Prince of Brunswick defeats the Duke of Brisac, ib.
• Prince Ferdinand's order after the battle of Minden, 167
• The French pass the Weser, ib.
• Lord George Sackville resigns the command of the British forces; Marquis of Granby succeeds him, 170
• The French driven to Marpurg, 171
• Siege of Munster, ib.
• Project of France for an inva∣sion, 172
• Havre bombarded, 173
• Action of Cape Lagos, 174
• Admiral Boscawen's account of the action, ib.
• Count Dohna disgraced and suc∣ceeded by Wedel, 177
• Battle of Zulichau, ib,
• Russians take Franckfort on the Oder, 178
• Battle Cunnersdorf, 179
• King of Prussia repasses the Oder 182
• Soltikoff and Daun communi∣cate, 183
• Parallel of the King of Prussia and Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick, ib.
• Plan of the campaign in North America, 184
• Ticonderoga and Crown Point abandoned, 186
• Colonel Townshend killed, 18•
• Expedition to Niagara, 18•
• Sir William Johnson's accoun• of it, ib
• Colonel Prideaux killed, 190
• Sir William Johnson defeats the French, 192
• Takes the fort of Niagara, ib.
• The expedition against Quebec, 193
• Description of the town and harbour of Quebec, 195
• Action at the Falls of Montme∣renci, 196
• General Wolfe sickens, 198
• His remarkable letter, 199
• Admiral Saunders's letter, 206
• The battle of Quebec, 211
• General Wolfe killed, ib.
• Page  [unnumbered]French defeated, 212
• M. de Montcalm killed, 213
• Quebec surrenders, ib.
• Gen. Monckton's account, ib.
• —Townshend's 214
• Admiral Saunders's 218
• Movements of Gen. Amherst, on Lake Chaplain, 222
• Prince Henry's march into Sax∣ony, and Gen. Vehla defeated, 224
• K. of Prussia's surprising march into Saxony, 225
• Prussians defeated at Maxen, 226
• Again defeated at Meissen, 228
• Munster surrenders to the allies, 229
• Hereditary Prince of Brunswick defeats the Duke of Wurtem∣berg at Fulda, ib.
• The preparations at Vannes and Brest, 231
• Remarkable behaviour of Adm. Saunders, and Gen. Town∣shend, 232
• French fleet defeated near Bel∣leisle, 233
• Admiral Hawk's account of his engagement with M. de Con∣flans, 234
• List of the two fleets, 238
• French fleet under M. d'Ache twice beaten, 241
• M. de Lally takes Fort St. Da∣vid's and repulsed at Tan∣jour, ib.
• Lays siege to Madrass which he is obliged to raise, 242
• M. Lally's remarkable letter, ib.
• Behaviour of the French in Ger∣many, 244
• The Duke de Belleisle's letter on the occasion, ib.

M.DCC.LX.
• Nothing decided in the war, and the state of the several pow∣ers concerned, 249
• Great Britain and Prussia pro∣pose an accommodation, 254
• Difficulties in concluding a peace, 254
• State of the English garrison at Quebec, 255
• Designs of Mons. Levi, 256
• Preparations for a siege, ib.
• Gen. Murray's resolutions on the occasions, 257
• Battle of Sillery, and defeat of Gen. Murray, 258
• Quebec besieged, 259
• The English fleet under Lord Colville arrives, 260
• M. Levi raises the siege, ib.
• General Murray's letter on the occasion. ib.
• Distress of Saxony, 267
• Preparations for opening the campaign, ib.
• Losses sustained by the King of Prussia, 268
• Theatre of war in the East of Germany, 571
• Battle of Landshut, 272
• Prussian army under Fouquet destroyed, ib.
• The Austrians take Glatz, 274
• King of Prussia marches to∣wards Silesia and deceives M. Daun, 275
• Siege of Dresden, ib
• —raised by M. Daun, 277
• Breslau besieged by the Austri∣ans, ib.
• Cause of the slowness of the al∣lies and French, 280
• Difference between Broglio and St. Germain, 281
• Marpurg and Dillenburg taken by the French, 282
• Battle of Corbach where the Hereditary Prince was wound∣ed, 283
• Surprise and defeat of M. Glou∣bitzPage  [unnumbered] at Ermsdorf, 283
• Action at Warbourg, 285
• Prince Ferdinand's letter on the occasion, 286
• The Marquiss of Granby's let∣ter, 288
• Prince Ferdinand's order after the day of battle, 290
• Laudohn blocks up Schweidnitz, 293
• March of the King of Prussia, from Saxony to Lignitz, 295
• Laudohn defeated near Lignitz, 296
• Daun forms the blockade of Schweidnitz, and compelled to raise it, 298
• Action between General Hulsen and the army of the Empire, 299
• Intercepted letter from the King of Prussia to the Marquis d'Argens, 300
• Situation of the French and En∣glish armies. 302
• Hereditary Prince surprises a body of French in Zierenberg, ib.
• General Bulow takes Marpurg 307
• Defeated by Mons. Stainville, ib.
• Hereditary Prince marches to the Rhine, passes that river, 308
• Cleves taken and Wesel besieged ib.
• Battle of Campen, 313
• Allies defeated, ib.
• Hereditary Prince repasses the Rhine, 312
• Siege of Wesel raised, ib.
• Death and eulogium of George II. ib.
• Accession of George III. and his resolution of supporting his allies, ib.
• Russians and Austrians enter Brandenburgh, 315
• General Hulsen retreats from Saxony to Berlin, 316
• Evacuates it, and the city capi∣tulates, 317
• Enemy retires out of Bran∣denburgh, after having pil∣laged it, 318
• Imperialists make themselves masters of Misnia, 319
• Russians besiege Colberg, 320
• Battle of Torgau, 322
• M. Daun wounded, ib.
• Siege of Colberg raised, 324
• The allies raise the siege of Got∣tingen, 326
• Winter quarters and sufferings of the British troops, ib.
• Popular debates in England con∣cerning the German war, 328
• Thurot sails from Dunkirk, 333
• Puts into Gottenburgh and Ber∣gen, ib.
• Puts into the Isle of Ilay, ib.
• He takes Carrickfergus, 334
• Sails from thence, ib.
• He is killed, and whole squa∣dron taken, 335
• Capt. Elliot's account of the engagement, 336
• War in America, ib.
• General Amherst goes down the river St. Lawrence. 337
• General Murray marches from Quebec, ib.
• Montreal surrenders, 340
• Cherokee war, 341
• Affairs of the East Indies, 344
• Lally defeated by Colonel Coote, 345
• Col. Coote's account of his pro∣ceeding in the East Indies, 346

M.DCC.LXI.
• Preliminary remarks, 353
• Treaty proposed and entered Page  [unnumbered] into by the belligerent pow∣ers, 357
• Mr. Stanley sent to Paris, and M. Bussy to London, 358
• French machinations in Spain, 359
• Difficulties in the negotiation, ib.
• Design of the campaign in Hesse, and of the expedition to Bel∣leisle, 360
• Prince Ferdiand's plan, 361
• Allies enter into Hesse and Thu∣ringia, 363
• French retire, ib.
• Hereditary Prince repulsed at Fritzlar, 363
• Fritzlar taken, 364
• Blockade at Marpurg and Zie∣genhayn, 365
• Siege of Cassel, ib.
• Battle of Langenfaltze, 366
• Broglio reinforced from the Low∣er Rhine, 367
• Hereditary Prince defeated at Stangerode, ib.
• Siege of Cassel, &c. raised, and the allies retire behind the Dymel, 368
• The negotiation continued, ib.
• Proposition of uti possidetis, 370
• Debate concerning the periods, ib.
• Belleisle described, 371
• English repulsed at Lochmaria bay, 372
• Gen. Hodgson and Commodore Keppel's account of their pro∣ceeding at Belleisle, 373
• They make good their landing, 374
• Palais besieged, 377
• Town abondoned, 378
• Citadel capitulates, ib.
• England and France agree to treat of a separate peace, 379
• Epochas proposed by England, 380
• Court of Vienna agree, 380
• Objects of the negotiation, 381
• Proposals of France with regard to Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. 382
• French memorial concerning Spain, 385
• Indignation of the English Mi∣nister, ib.
• English answer to the French memorial, 386
• Motions of the French and al∣lied armies, 387
• General Sporcken attacked, 388
• French pass the Dymel, ib.
• Position of Prince Ferdinand, 389
• Junction of Broglio and Soubise, ib.
• Battle of Kirch Denkern, and the French defeated, ib.
• Prince Ferdinand's account of the battle, 391
• French threaten Hanover, 393
• Remarkable behaviour of Lord Geo. Lenox, and Major Walsh, ib.
• Prince Henry of Brunswick kill∣ed, 394
• Taking of Dorsten, ib.
• Various movements of the ar∣mies, ib.
• Destruction of Schartsfelts-ca∣stle, 395
• Prince Xavier of Saxony takes Wolfenbuttle, and invests Brunswick, 396
• Detachments from Prince Sou∣bise take and abandon Emb∣den, ib.
• Attempt on Bremen, 397
• Sufferings of Lower Westphalia, ib.
• Condition of the King of Prus∣sia, 398
• Motions of the Russians and of Laudohn, 400
• Page  [unnumbered]Breslau cannonaded, ib.
• Tottleben removed, and Colberg besieged, 401
• Russian magazines in Poland destroyed, 402
• War transferred to Pomerania, 403
• King of Prussia quits his strong camp, ib.
• Schweidnitz taken by a coup de main, ib.
• Gen. Platen repulsed, 405
• —Knoblock made prisoner at Treptow, ib.
• Prince Wurtenburg retreats, 406
• Colberg taken, ib.
• Russians winter in Pomerania, ib.
• The negotiation resumed, 407
• French concessions, 408
• Difference concerning the Ger∣man alliance, 409
• — concerning the cap∣tures antecedent to the de∣claration of war, 410
• Treaty breaks off, and Messieurs Stanley and Bussy recalled, 411
• Conduct of Spain during the negotiation, 412
• Spanish minister's memorial, 413
• Treaty between France and Spain, ib.
• Difference in the English mini∣stry, 414
• Mr. Pitt resigns, 415
• Lord Granville's speech on the occasion, ib.
• Dispute concerning the resig∣nation, 418
• Addresses, 419
• Mr. Pitt's letter to a person of eminence in the city, 420
• Parliament meets, 423
• Dispute with Spain, ib
• Representation of the Earl of Bristol. 424
• Disposition of the court of Ma∣drid, ib.
• Treaty between France and Spain, 426
• England desires a communica∣tion, 427
• Court of Spain refuses, ib.
• The Ministers mutually with∣draw, 429
• Blockade of Pondicherry, 430
• Fleet dispersed in a storm, but returns again, 431
• Gen. Lally's letter on the occa∣sion. 432
• Town surrenders, 433
• Mahie taken, ib.
• Enterprises of Mr. Law, ib.
• Mogul army defeated by Major Carnac, 434
• Nabob of Bengal deposed, 435
• Coast of Sumatra ravaged by the Count d'Estaing, ib.
• Dominica taken by Lord Rollo and Sir James Douglas, ib.

M.DCC.LXII.
• State of Europe in the begin∣ning of this year, 436
• Ill state of the British alliance, 437
• Condition of the Northern Pow∣ers, ib.
• War reaches to the Southern, 438
• Family Compact, ib.
• Some articles from it, 440
• Observations upon them, ib.
• Consequences of this treaty to Europe 441
• War declared against Spain, 442
• State of Spain and Great Bri∣tain at the beginning of the war between them, ib.
• Advantages and disadvantages on each side, ib.
• Portugal threatened, and the melancholy state of that king∣dom, 443
• Page  [unnumbered]Arrogant proposition of the French and Spanish Ministers to the court of Lisbon, 445
• Answer of that court, 446
• Resolution of the court of Por∣tugal, 448
• French and Spanish Ministers depart, ib.
• War declared by those powers against Portugal, ib.
• Death of the Empress Elizabeth of Russia, and her character, 449
• State of the power of Russia on her decease. 450
• Her nephew Peter III. succeeds, 451
• Entire change of system, and peace with Prussia, 453
• Peace between Prussia and Swe∣den, ib.
• The Czar enters into an alli∣ance with the King of Prussia 454
• War with Denmark threatened, and its cause, ib.
• Campaign between Prussians and Austrians opens, 455
• Prussians obtain advantages in Saxony and Silesia, 456
• Sudden revolution in Russia, ib.
• Causes of the revolution in Rus∣sia, 457
• Czar irritates the clergy and soldiery, 458
• Differences with the Czarina, 459
• Czar deposed by the Senate, 460
• His imprisonment & death, 461
• The Czarina declared Empress, 462
• Effect of the revolution in Rus∣sia on the King of Prussia's affairs, 463
• Situation of the new Empress, 464
• Russian conquest restored, 465
• Russians quit the Prussian camp, ib.
• King of Prussia draws Marshal Daun from Buckersdorf, ib
• Schweidnitz besieged, 466
• Marshal Laudohn attacks the Prince of Bevern and is re∣pulsed, 467
• Disposition of the French and allied armies, ib.
• Battle of Grabenstein, 468
• Lord Granby drives the French from Hombourg, 469
• Prince Xavier of Saxony de∣feated, and Gottingen evacu∣ated, 470
• War in Portugal, 473
• Miranda, Braganza and Cha∣ves, taken, 474
• Almeida besieged and taken, 475
• Count of la Lippe arrives in Por∣tugal, 476
• Surprise of Valentia d'Alcanta∣ra by General Burgoyne, ib.
• Affair of Villa Velha, 478
• Spaniards retire, ib.
• Expedition against Martinico, 479
• Troops land at Cas Navire, 480
• Attack of the posts near Fort Royal, 481
• Fort Royal surrendered, 482
• General Monckton's and Admi∣ral Rodney's letter relative to the conquest of Martinico, ib.
• St. Lucie, the Grenades and St. Vincent taken, 491
• Preparations for war against the Spanish West Indies, 493
• Commanders in the Expedition against the Havannah, and departure of the fleet, 495
• Passage through the old streights of Bahama, 496
• Page  [unnumbered]Town and harbour of Havan∣nah described, ib.
• Troops land, 498
• The siege of Fort Moro, ib.
• Distress of the English forces, 501
• Succours arrive from North America, 502
• The Fort stormed, 503
• Operations against the town, 504
• The Havannah surrenders, 505
• Letters from the Earl of Albe∣marle and Admiral Pocock re∣lative to their operations, ib.
• An expedition against the Phi∣lippine Islands, undertaken by Gen Draper and Adm. Cor∣nish, 510
• Departure of the forces, 511
• City of Manila invested, 513
• The place stormed and taken, 514
• Gen. Draper and Adm. Cor∣nish's account of the expedi∣tion, 516
• Proposals for peace, 524
• State of the Ministry and par∣ties, 525
• Dukes of Bedford and Niver∣nois employed in the negoti∣ation. 528
• Newfoundland taken and re∣taken, ib.
• War in Germany, 532
• Hereditary Prince defeated at Johannisberg, 538
• Cassel in•ested, 539
• Remarkable cannonade at Buck∣er Muhl, ib.
• French take Amoneberg, 540
• Cassel surrendered to the allies, ib.
• War in Westphalia concluded, 541
• Lord Granby's letter of thanks to the army, ib.
• Siege and surrender of Schweid∣nitz, 543
• War transferred to Saxony, 544
• Austrians defeated at Freyberg, ib.
• Prussians ravage the Empire, 545
• Preliminaries of peace between Great Britain and France, 548
• Mr. Fox comes into administra∣tion, 556
• Preliminaries approved by par∣liament, 557
• Peace of Hubertsbourg between Austria and Prussia, 558
• Conclusion, ib.