A. D.

Page
The archduchess, Maria Theresa, blamed for not acceding
to his claims

ibid.

The king of France resolves to support the pretensions of

the elector of Bavaria to the kingdom of Bohemia and the

Imperial crown

63

Treaty to that purport, concluded with the elector, at

Nymphenburg

64

ibid.

League between Lewis XV. and the king of Prussia for

the division of the Austrian dominions

A French army enters Germany, under the mareschals

Belleisle and Broglio

64

The king of Great-Britain concludes with the confede-
rates a treaty of neutrality for the electorate of Hano-

ver

-

ibid.

But sends to the archduchess a subsidy of three hundred

thousand pounds, granted by the British parliament 65

The elector of Bavaria, having formed a junction with
the French forces under Broglio, reduces Lintz, the
capital of Upper-Austria, and threatens Vienna ibid.
The archduchess returns to Presburg in Hungary, where

she assembles the states of that kingdom, and makes
them acquainted with the desperate state of her af
fairs

ibid.

66

Zeal and loyalty of the Hungarian nobles

Headed by old count Palfy, they march to the relief of

Vienna with thirty thousand men
ibid.

The French and Bavarians take their route into Bohe-
mia, and invest Prague

ibid.

It is carried by assault, and the elector of Bavaria is
there crowned king of Bohemia

ibid.

1742 And elected emperor at Frankfort [Jan. 4.] under the
title of Charles VII.

ibid.

The cause of the archduchess, Maria Theresa, warmly

espoused by the king and people of Great-Britain 67

Strong opposition in parliament

Resignation of sir Robert Walpole

New ministry

But no change of measures

68

ibid.

ibid.

ibid.

Liberal supplies voted for the support of the Queen of

Hungary (as the archduchess was then commonly

called), and sixteen thousand British troops sent over

to Flanders, in order to make a diversion in her favour,

in conjunction with twenty thousand Hanoverians and

Hessians

Kevenhuller, the Austrian general, recovers Lintz, dis-
VOL. V.

69

lodges

Page

lodges the French from many other places, enters the

emperor's hereditary dominions, and takes Munich, the

capital of Bavaria

70

The king of Prussia marches to the assistance of his al-
lies

Battle of Czaslaw

ibid.

ibid.

The Austrians under prince Charles of Lorrain, obliged

to quit the field after having been masters of it for some

time
71

The king of Prussia, sick of such bloody victories, turns
his thoughts toward peace

TREATY OF BRESLAW

ibid.

ibid.

ibid.

72

Consternation of the court of France

Finding themselves deserted by the Prussians, the mare-

schals Belleisle and Broglio retire under the cannon

of Prague

Pressed by the Austrians, under prince Lobkowitz and

prince Charles of Lorrain, the French generals offered

to evacuate Prague, Egra, and all the other places which

they held in Bohemia, provided they were permitted to

retire with their arms, ammunition, and baggage ib.

This proposal haughtily rejected by the archduchess, and

the demand of surrendering prisoners of war treated

with disdain by Belleisle

Siege of Prague

ibid.

ibid.

73

ibid.

Mareschal Maillebois, who commanded the French forces

on the Rhine, in vain attempts its relief

Gallant defence of mareschal Belleisle

He meditates a retreat, and accomplishes it, in the depth

of winter, without the loss of a single man by the ene-

my
74

season

But loses a thousand in consequence of the rigour of the
ibid.

Progress of the war in Italy and the Mediterranean 75

The king of Spain attempts to make himself master of the

Austrian dominions in Italy
ibid.

Alarmed at the encroachments of the house of Bourbon,
the king of Sardinia enters into an alliance with the arch-
duchess and the king of Great-Britain

ibid.

ibid.

All the other Italian powers affect neutrality

Proceedings of the British fleet in the Mediterranean ib.

Admiral Haddock prevented from engaging the Spanish

fleet by the interposition of a French admiral with a

flag of truce

76

• Intrepid behaviour of commodore Martin in the bay of

Naples

77

Various

A. D.

Various events of the war in Italy

1743 The French make proposals of peace

Page

77

78

Elated with her unexpected success, and rendered confi-

dent by the support of so powerful an ally as the king of

Great Britain, the archduchess haughtily rejects all

pacific propositions

ibid.

The misconduct of the British ministry, in entering so
deeply into the continental quarrel, severely reprobated
by the opposition in parliament

ibid.

The good fortune of the archduchess continues to attend her

79

The Austrians dislodge the French from all their posts in

the Upper-Palatinate, and drive them from the Danube

to the Rhine

Operations on the side of Flanders

ibid.

ibid.

The French assemble a powerful army on the Maine, in

order to prevent the Austrians under prince Charles of

Lorrain, from joining the allies commanded by the earl

of Stair

ibid.

The king of Great-Britain arrives in the camp of the

allies at Aschaffenburg

Battle of Dettingen [June 26.]

80

81

ibid.

The French defeated, but not pursued

Conjectures concerning the cause of that timid caution 82

Character of the duke de Noailles, the French general 83

The allied army, though reinforced with twenty thousand
Dutch troops, distributed into winter quarters, without
hazarding any action, after the battle of Dettingen ibid.
The earl of Stair dissatisfied with this inactivity imposed
upon him by his sovereign, resigns in disgust

Operations in Italy

ibid.

ibid..

84

Bloody but indecisive battle of Campo-Santo

Secret negociation of the king of Sardinia with the house of
Bourbon

ibid.

Treaty of Worms between the archduchess and the king of
Sardinia

-

ibid.

Her haughty behaviour and ambitious claims rouse the

jealousy of the German powers

-

85

ibid.

86

They privately negociate with the emperor Charles VII.
at Frankfort

Secret treaty concluded between France and Spain at

Fontainbleau [OCT. 25.]

Twenty thousand French troops under the prince of Conti,

ordered to join the Spanish army in Italy, in conse-

quence of that treaty, and the French and Spanish

squadrons directed to act in concert, and attempt to

recover the sovereignty of the Mediterranean ibid.

A

A. D.

Page

A correspondence entered into with the English and

Scottish jacobites, and an invasion planned by the

French ministry, in favour of the pretender

86

An army of fifteen thousand men assembled on the coast of

France, under count Saxe, for that purpose

87

1744 Part of the troops embarked, and the first division of the

transports put to sea

ibid.

Driven back by a violent storm, and the projected invasion
entirely defeated by the arrival of a superior British
fleet

ibid.

The French and Spanish squadrons, in the harbour of

Toulon, prepare to give battle to the British fleet in the

Mediterranean

Desperate sea-fight near the bay of Hieres

88

89

The French and Spaniards forced to retire with the loss

of one ship

ibid.

Declarations of war issued against each other by the

kings of France and England

Their mutual accusations

Campaign in Italy

Rapid progress of the French and Spaniards

90

ibid.

91

ibid.

They force the Pidemontese entrenchments at Villa Franca,

and carry by assault the strong post of Chateau-Dauphin,

where the king of Sardinia commanded in person ibid.

Pass the Barricades, reduce the castle of Demont, and

invest the town of Coni

92

The king of Sardinia is defeated in attempting the relief

of Coni, yet the besiegers are obliged to relinquish

their enterprise

Operations in the south of Italy

93

ibid.

Prince Lobkowitz, the Austrian general, invades the king-

dom of Naples, and sends count Brown to surprize

Velitri in the night

ibid.

The place is taken, and a prodigious booty amassed, but

the Austrians are forced to retire before morning 94

The negociations at Frankfort terminate in a treaty con-

cluded through the influence of France between the

emperor and the king of Prussia, with the king of

Sweden, as landgrave of Hesse-Cassel, and the elector

palatine

Stipulations in that treaty

95

ibid.

Conquest

A. D.

Conquests of the French in Flanders

Page

95

96

They are forced to divide their forces, in order to oppose

the Austrians on the side of Alsace

The Austrians obliged to retire, and march to the relief of
Bohemia, invaded by the Prussians
ibid.

On the approach of the Austrians, Saxons, and Hungarians,

under prince Charles of Lorrain, the king of Prussia finds

himself under the necessity of evacuating Bohemia and

retiring into Silesia

97

Pursued thither in the depth of winter, he loses the
greater part of his army, with all his heavy artillery
and baggage

1745 Death of the emperor Charles VII.

ibid.

98

His son Maximilian Joseph, concludes a treaty of peace

with the archduchess, Maria Theresa
ibid.

The French and Spaniards, notwithstanding this treaty,

persist in continuing the war, and in opposing the

elevation of the grand duke to the imperial throne 99

The republic of Genoa forms an alliance with the house

of Bourbon
ibid.

Rapid progress of the French and Spanish forces in Italy

conducted by don Philip and Maillebois

100

The city of Pavia is taken by assault, and Milan forced

to surrender

ibid.

Don Philip passes the Tanaro, and compels the Austrian

and Piedmontese armies to take shelter behind the Po ib.

The French army in Flanders, under mareschal Saxe,

invests Tournay

101

The allies resolve to attempt the relief of the place ibid.

Position of the two armies

Battle of Fontenoy [APRIL 30.]

Gallant behaviour of the British infantry

ibid.

102

ibid.

The cavalry prevented from coming to their support 103

The infantry obliged to retreat, after the most vigorous
efforts

ibid.

Extravagant joy of the French in the hour of victory ib.

Mareschal Saxe and count Louendahl reduce every forti-

fied place in Austrian Flanders before the close of the

campaign

104

The grand duke of Tuscany, in spite of the opposition of
the house of Bourbon, raised to the head of the empire,
under the title of Francis I.

Peace restored to Germany by the treaty of Dresden, and

the confirmation of the treaty of Breslaw

ibid.

ibid.

LETTER