Mr. Holwell and his companions confined in the dun- Their extreme distress for want of room and air ibid. The king of Prussia, on receiving an evasive answer from Augustus III. king of Poland, and elector of Saxony, takes The king of Prussia sends two detachments into Bohemia, The Prussian monarch, by a masterly manœuvre, induces ibid. obtains incontestible proofs of the conspiracy formed against him by the courts of Vienna and Petersburg, and Change in the British ministry Mr. Pitt, the most popular man in the kingdom, accepts ibid. Resolutions of the house of commons in their favour 225 Scruples of some member of the court martial, in regard Behaved with composure and dignity on the occasion, and delivered to the mareschal of the admiralty a paper in Horrid circumstances with which it was accompanied ibid. ibid. Small French army commanded by the prince de Soubise, joins the Imperial army of execution, on the Maine 229 He is opposed by his ministers Pitt and Legge They are deprived of their employments, and the duke of Cumberland is sent over to command an army of forty thousand Hessians and Hanoverians, intended for the defence of the king's German dominions The duke attempts in vain to obstruct the progress of the Military preparations of the Russians and Austrians ibid. ibid. The prince of Bevern obliges the Austrians under count The Austrians, after various turns of fortune, forced to The Prussians forced to retire, after their most vigorous efforts ibid. Page Makes an ineffectual stand at Hastenbeck Takes refuge under the cannon of Stade Signs the convention of Closter-seven, [Sept. 8.] Purport of that convention, and disputes relative to it ibid. The French having made themselves masters of the elec- torate of Hanover, turn their forces next against the dominions of the king of Prussia Assailed by enemies on all sides, his ruin seems inevi- ibid. State of Europe, and the history of the general war, contin- Pitt and Legge, the two popular British commoners rein- They plan an expedition to the coast of France ibid. It miscarries, and disappoints the hopes of the nation 247 Inquiry into the cause of the failure The reduction of Louisbourg projected by Lord Loudon, They make themselves masters of fort William Henry 250 Circumstances with which the taking of that place was The affairs of Great-Britain take a more favourable turn The town of Calcutta recovered, and an advantageous Colonel Clive, who had conducted this enterprise by land, forms the idea of humbling yet farther the nabob Sura- jah Dowlah, who was backward in fulfilling his stipu- lations, and disposed to join the French The nabob's army defeated, and his general Meer Jaffier, Surajah Dowlah put to death by order of Meerum, the son Treaty of the new nabob with the English East-India com- ibid. He agrees to indemnify them for all their losses, to repay all their expenses, and to enlarge their territory The sum stipulated, with a donation to the fleet and army, ibid. The generals of the combined army of France and Impe- rialists, propose to drive the Prussians out of Saxony 258 They pass the Saala, and summon Leipsic A great army of Austrians and Hungarians, commanded by prince Charles of Lorrain, assisted by mareschal Daun and general Nadasti, enters Silesia, and invests Schweid- ibid. Nadasti carries the place by assault, [Nov. 11.] The prince of Bevern attempts, with a Prussian army, to ibid. His camp is forced by the Austrian generals, [Nov. 22.] The Russians obliged to return home for want of provi- Amiable character of the duke de Randan, who commanded in the capital of Hanover ibid. Liberal supplies voted, by the British parliament, for the support of the war, and a body of British troops sent to The duke de Belleisle placed at the head of the military ibid. Prince Ferdinand obliges the French army, under the ibid. Prince Ferdinand obliged to act on the defensive ibid. Mareschal Daun takes post in the neighbouring mountains, and cuts off the Prussian convoys ibid They retire to the frontiers of Poland, and the Prussian monarch hastens into Saxony, to the relief of his brother Henry; pressed on one side by the army of the empire, and threatened on the other by the grand Austrian Battle of Hochkirchen [Oct. 14.] |