The History of Modern Europe: With an Account of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, and a View of the Progress of Society, from the Rise of the Modern Kingdoms to to Peace of Paris in 1763, in a Series of Letters from a Nobleman to His Son, Volume 5

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The English and French colonies in NorthAmerica enlarge
31
ibid
33
Their expedition to the gulf of Venezuela ibid
39
A De Page
43
The joy of the English nation on the taking of PortoBello
50
The emperor declares war against the Turks for infringing
52
Expedition against Carthagena
57
LETTER XXVIII
58
Battle of Belgrade
62
The troops disembarked
64
Battle of Czaslaw ibid
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The French make proposals of peace
78
Campaign in Italy
91
On the approach of the Austrians Saxons and Hungarians
97
The king of France resolves to support the pretensions of
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The French army in Flanders under mareschal Saxe invests
104
The allies resolve to attempt the relief of the place
110
Is joined by Cameron of Lochiel and some other Highland
111
Peace of Passarowitz
114
One of the gates of that city treacherously opened to
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The Highland chiefs deprived of their exclusive hereditary
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Disagreement between the admiral and general and shameful
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LETTER XXXI
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He makes himself master of Arcot A D 1751 ibid
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Meeting of deputies from all the English colonies with
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Unsuccessful attack upon fort St Lazarus
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slaughter
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Obliges the Austrian generals Harsche and de Ville to fall
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State of the garrison ibid
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Battle of Minden or Thornhausen Aug 1
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home after some other abortive attempts with the loss
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Wolfe resolves to attack the French camp in hopes of being
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After a variety of fortunes with a squadron of five ships
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Prince Henry comes to the relief of the place and the Aus
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Montcalm advances to the defence of that capital
344
Convinced that resistance would be ineffectual Vaudreuil
347
Death of general Wolfe
320
The marquis de Montcalm mortally wounded
306
His character
350
Accession of George III
351
In consequence of this victory he is enabled to protect
357
It appears that Spain had been made acquainted with every
362
Vindication by his friends
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Prince Ferdinand takes effectual measures for preventing
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Preliminaries of a treaty of peace signed at Fontainbleau
394
People of England dissatisfied with the treaty of Paris
399
Disputes between the jansenists and jesuits
410
A B Page
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of Voltaire
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It is discovered and defeated by the seizure of the papers
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Character of Hogarth the first great English painter
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TitleThe History of Modern Europe: With an Account of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, and a View of the Progress of Society, from the Rise of the Modern Kingdoms to to Peace of Paris in 1763, in a Series of Letters from a Nobleman to His Son, Volume 5
The History of Modern Europe: With an Account of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, and a View of the Progress of Society, from the Rise of the Modern Kingdoms to to Peace of Paris in 1763, in a Series of Letters from a Nobleman to His Son, William Russell
AuthorWilliam Russell
Published1801
Original fromUniversity of Minnesota
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