The Martial Review, Or, A General History of the Late Wars: Together with the Definitive Treaty, and Some Reflections on the Probable Consequences of the Peace |
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... Saxony , free paffage for his troops , and that his Polish Majefty , as a proof . of his neutrality , fhould difmifs his army . This not being complied with , the pass of Pirna was blockaded , there being no way to reduce it but by ...
... Saxony , free paffage for his troops , and that his Polish Majefty , as a proof . of his neutrality , fhould difmifs his army . This not being complied with , the pass of Pirna was blockaded , there being no way to reduce it but by ...
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... Saxony . Add to this the Duke of C- -'s convention , which deprived him " of all his allies , and left him without any af- " fiftance whatever , excepting 4 or 500,000 / fterling , which the British parliament may give him . Add ...
... Saxony . Add to this the Duke of C- -'s convention , which deprived him " of all his allies , and left him without any af- " fiftance whatever , excepting 4 or 500,000 / fterling , which the British parliament may give him . Add ...
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... Saxony . At laft on the 5th of November , his Pruffian Ma- jefty came up with his enemies near a village called Rofbach , and a battle being now inevi- table , he addreffed his troops in very near the following terms : " My dear friends ...
... Saxony . At laft on the 5th of November , his Pruffian Ma- jefty came up with his enemies near a village called Rofbach , and a battle being now inevi- table , he addreffed his troops in very near the following terms : " My dear friends ...
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... Saxony was founded ; yet as it did not immediately concern himself , either as a member of the empire ,, or as King of Great Britain , he was fo far from giving it any coun- tenance , that he ordered his minifter at the Saxon court to ...
... Saxony was founded ; yet as it did not immediately concern himself , either as a member of the empire ,, or as King of Great Britain , he was fo far from giving it any coun- tenance , that he ordered his minifter at the Saxon court to ...
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... Saxony , gave them as guarantees of the treaty of Weftphalia , fome colour of justice in the eyes of the rest of Eu- rope . They demanded a paffage from the Dutch for their warlike ftores through Namur and Mac- ftricht , which ...
... Saxony , gave them as guarantees of the treaty of Weftphalia , fome colour of justice in the eyes of the rest of Eu- rope . They demanded a paffage from the Dutch for their warlike ftores through Namur and Mac- ftricht , which ...
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Page 223 - America ; it is agreed, that for the future, the confines between the dominions of His Britannic Majesty, and those of His Most Christian Majesty, in that part of the world, shall be fixed irrevocably by a line drawn along the middle of the river Mississippi, from its source to the river Iberville, and from thence, by a line drawn along the middle of this river, and the lakes Maurepas and Pontchartrain, to the sea...
Page 222 - Majesty, and bring away their effects as well as their persons, without being restrained in their emigration, under any pretence whatsoever, except that of debts or of criminal prosecutions : The term limited for this emigration shall be fixed to the space of eighteen months, to be computed from the day of the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty.
Page 226 - Sumatra, to be restored ; he engages further, not to erect fortifications, or to keep troops in any part of the dominions of the Subah of Bengal. And in order to preserve future peace...
Page 185 - I have explained these matters only for the honour of truth, not in any view to court return of confidence from any man, who, with a credulity as weak as it is injurious, has thought fit...
Page 219 - Ryswick of 1697; those of peace and of commerce of Utrecht of 1713; that of Baden of 1714; the treaty of the triple alliance of the Hague of 1717; that of the quadruple alliance of London of 1718; the treaty of peace of Vienna of 1738; the definitive treaty of...
Page 231 - King cedes and makes over the whole to the said King, and to the Crown of Great Britain, and that in the most ample manner and form...
Page 220 - ... to the contrary by any of the high contracting parties: and all the...
Page 222 - XHIth article of the treaty of Utrecht ; which article is renewed and confirmed by the prefent treaty (except what relates to the ifland of Cape Breton, as well as to the other iflands and coafts in the mouth and in the gulph of St. Laurence :) and his Britannic...
Page 218 - Who, after having duly communicated to each other their full powers, in good form, copies whereof...
Page 231 - Britannick majesty agrees, on his side, to grant to the inhabitants of the countries, above ceded, the liberty of the Catholic religion...