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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... advantages to Great Britain . As to General Shirley's expedition , it is fcarcely poffible to defcribe it , his proceedings were fo unintelligible to all but himself . What we know of them is , that having marched over prodigious tracts ...
... advantages to Great Britain . As to General Shirley's expedition , it is fcarcely poffible to defcribe it , his proceedings were fo unintelligible to all but himself . What we know of them is , that having marched over prodigious tracts ...
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... advantage gained by the French , with the account of the lofs of Ofwego , and of the pre- valence of the French power in America , raised fuch a clamour against the British ministry , that the chief of them refigned their places , but ...
... advantage gained by the French , with the account of the lofs of Ofwego , and of the pre- valence of the French power in America , raised fuch a clamour against the British ministry , that the chief of them refigned their places , but ...
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... advantages ; but nothing could withstand the ardour of the Pruffians , who gained fo compleat a victory , that night alone faved the French and Imperialists from total deftruction ; three thou- fand , however Impe- 20 The MARTIAL REVIEW ...
... advantages ; but nothing could withstand the ardour of the Pruffians , who gained fo compleat a victory , that night alone faved the French and Imperialists from total deftruction ; three thou- fand , however Impe- 20 The MARTIAL REVIEW ...
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... numbers , they again faced his army , and he in his turn retired . It was now the 24th of Octo- ber , and he had fecretly determined on a battle , but but found great difficulties in bringing it on with advantage 32 The MARTIAL REVIEW .
... numbers , they again faced his army , and he in his turn retired . It was now the 24th of Octo- ber , and he had fecretly determined on a battle , but but found great difficulties in bringing it on with advantage 32 The MARTIAL REVIEW .
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... advantage to himself . To effect this , he can- toned his troops in fuch a manner as to perfuade his enemies , from the distance between their corps , that he intended to act only on the defenfive , during the remaining part of the ...
... advantage to himself . To effect this , he can- toned his troops in fuch a manner as to perfuade his enemies , from the distance between their corps , that he intended to act only on the defenfive , during the remaining part of the ...
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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...