The History of Modern Europe

This victory enables prince Ferdinand to prevent Broglio
from penetrating into the electorate of Hanover, but not
to protect the landgraviate of Hesse

Operations of the king of Prussia

ibid.

333

334

He takes possession of a strong camp, between the Elbe and
the Mulda, and resolves to pursue a defensive plan ibid.

That plan disconcerted by the activity and enterprising

genius of general Laudohn, who threatens alternately

Silesia and the new marche of Brandenburg

Defeats Foquet, the Prussian general, [June 23.] and re-

duces Glatz
335

Roused by these misfortunes, the king of Prussia makes a
feint of marching into Silesia, but suddenly returns, and
lays siege to Dresden

ibid.

336

ibid.

Mareschal Daun obliges him to relinquish his enterprise,

[July 21.] yet artfully declines an engagement

General Laudohn invests Breslaw [July 30.]

Prince Henry comes to the relief of the place, and the

Austrians raise the siege [Aug. 5.]
337

Memorable march of the Prussian monarch, in order to pre-
vent the junction of the Russians and Austrians in Silesia ib.

Encompassed by three hostile armies in his camp at Lignitz,

he defeats general Loudohn
338

So intimidates the Russians that they repass the Oder, and

obliges mareschal Daun to raise the blockade of Schweid-

nitz, and take refuge in the mountains of Landshut 339

The Russians and Austrians, having formed a junction, enter

Brandenburg, and make themselves master of Berlin 340

The king of Prussia's affairs again seem desperate

He resolves to retrieve them by some great effort

Passes the Elbe with that view, and rushes into Saxony ib.

Mareschal Daun follows him with an army of eighty

Battle of Torgaw [Nov. 23.]

342

Mareschal Daun wounded, and carried off the field

ibid.

The Austrians are routed, and chased over the Elbe

ibid.

Importance of this victory

ibid.

The king of Prussia recovers all Saxony, except Dresden ib.

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The Austrians evacuate Silesia; the Russians abandon the

siege of Colberg, in Eastern Pomerania, and retire into

Poland; while the Swedes, defeated by the Prussians in

Western Pomerania, again take refuge under the cannon

of Stralsund

Military operations in North-America

ibid.

344

M. de Levi, commander in chief of the French forces in
Canada, attempts to recover Quebec

ibid.

General Murray, the governor, in order to avoid the hard-

ships of a siege, marches out to meet the enemy

He is defeated near Sillery

Siege of Quebec

345

ibid.

The arrival of an English fleet, under lord Colvil, obliges

M. de Levi to abandon the enterprise, and retire to

Montreal, where the marquis de Vaudreuil, governor of

Canada, had fixed his head quarters, and collected round

him the militia of the colony

346

ibid.

Progress of general Amherst
He arrives at Montreal, and is there joined by general
Murray and colonel Haviland, with two separate bodies
of troops

Convinced that resistance would be ineffectual, Vaudreuil

demands terms of capitulation

ibid.

347

They are granted him, and Montreal, with every other

place within the government of Canada, is surrendered

to his Britannic majesty

ibid.

Ravages of the Indians in the back settlements of Virginia
and South-Carolina

ibid.

They are repressed by the colonels Montgomery and Grant

ibid.

The town of New-Orleans, and a few plantations higher on

the Mississippi, alone remain to France of all the settle-

ments in North-America

Success of the British arms in the East-Indies

Colonel Coot invests Pondicherry

348

ibid.

Extravagant conduct, but gallant defence of count Lally,

the governor

349

ibid.

The place is surrendered to colonel Coot, and the garrison
made prisoners of war [Jan. 15, 1761.]
Great power of the English, and utter subversion of that of
France, in Indostan

ibid.

These conquests open the most extensive views to the sub-

jects of Great-Britain, and make them dissatisfied tha:

so great a portion of the national wealth and force

should be employed in the prosecution of the war in

Germany

Death and character of George II.

Accession of George III.

State of Europe, and the progress of the war, in all quarters of

the globe, carried forward from the accession of George III. to

the peace of Paris, in 1763.

George III. the most powerful monarch in Europe 351

He resolves to continue the continental war, and issues a

declaration to that purport

352

The liberal supplies voted by the British parliament, for
the support of the German confederacy, convince the
courts of Vienna and Versailles of the necessity of pro-
posing terms of peace

State of the contending powers

Congress appointed to meet at Augsburg

ibid.

Negociation between France and England opened by Mons.

353

ibid.

Bussy at London, and at Paris by Mr. Stanley

Professions of the ministers of the two crowns

The court of Versailles attempts to involve the interests

of France with those of Spain

Retrospective view of the state of the court of Madrid 354

Death of Ferdinand VI. and accession of Charles III.

[A. D. 1759.]

ibid.

His Catholic Majesty becomes jealous of the progress of

the British arms in America
ibid.

That jealousy induces him to seek refuge ultimately in the
famous FAMILY COMPACT, So long and eagerly solicited
by France

ibid.

Progress of the negociation between the courts of London

and Versailles

It is interrupted

Military operations in Germany

355

356

ibid.

Prince Ferdinand gains some advantages over the French

in Westphalia, in the early part of the campaign, but is

afterward obliged to abandon his conquests, and retire

behind the Dymel

ibid.

He is attacked by the united forces of Broglio and Sou-
bise, at the village of Kirch Denkern, and obliges them
to retire with the loss of five thousand men

In consequence of this victory, he is enabled to protect the

electorate of Hanover
ibid.

The king of Prussia acts solely on the defensive, yet the

Austrians make themselves masters of Schweidnitz, and

the Russi, ns of Colberg

357

Expedition against Belleisle, on the coast of France ibid.

It is reduced by the bravery of the British troops, after

the citadel of St. Palais had been invested six weeks,

[June 7.]

358