The General History of the Late War: Containing It's Rise, Progress, and Event, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, Volume 5E. and C. Dilly, 1764 - Europe |
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... formation of the preparations making at Charles- Town , to commence hoftilities against them , fo terrified the Indians , that many of their head- men , who were unwilling to break with the pro- vince , fet out immediately for Charles ...
... formation of the preparations making at Charles- Town , to commence hoftilities against them , fo terrified the Indians , that many of their head- men , who were unwilling to break with the pro- vince , fet out immediately for Charles ...
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... formed in battle array , and were fupported by five companies of Sepoys and two pieces of cannon . Then Colonel Coote ad- vanced with two companies of Sepoys . Thefe obliged the enemy to retreat to their main body of horse , which ...
... formed in battle array , and were fupported by five companies of Sepoys and two pieces of cannon . Then Colonel Coote ad- vanced with two companies of Sepoys . Thefe obliged the enemy to retreat to their main body of horse , which ...
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... formed into a column , and the brigade of de L'Inde , formed into a co- lumn in the center , with two tanks covering their fight and left , and fome broken ground in front . Both armies advanced , and the battle became ge- neral about ...
... formed into a column , and the brigade of de L'Inde , formed into a co- lumn in the center , with two tanks covering their fight and left , and fome broken ground in front . Both armies advanced , and the battle became ge- neral about ...
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... formed by Admiral Rodney , and the deftruc- tion he made of near forty veffels of confider- able burden , carrying on a confiderable fishery near Dieppe , did great honour to the commander , and reputation of thofe charged with the ...
... formed by Admiral Rodney , and the deftruc- tion he made of near forty veffels of confider- able burden , carrying on a confiderable fishery near Dieppe , did great honour to the commander , and reputation of thofe charged with the ...
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... formed to fupply this want , they have all proved ineffectual ; a cir- cumftance that has afforded matter of furprize , not only to ourselves , but even to foreigners : that we , the greatest ma- ritime power on earth , can't find men ...
... formed to fupply this want , they have all proved ineffectual ; a cir- cumftance that has afforded matter of furprize , not only to ourselves , but even to foreigners : that we , the greatest ma- ritime power on earth , can't find men ...
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Page 439 - 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 441 - His Britannic Majesty shall cause to be demolished all the fortifications which His subjects shall have erected in the Bay of Honduras, and other places of the Territory of Spain in that part of the world...
Page 460 - 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 442 - ... criminal profecutions : the term limited for this emigration being fixed to the fpace of eighteen months, to be computed from the day of the exchange of the ratifications of the prefent treaty.
Page 451 - 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, without restriction, and without any liberty to depart from the said cession, and guaranty under any pretence, or to disturb Great Britain in the possessions above mentioned.
Page 437 - Majesty, in full right, Canada, with all its dependencies, as well as the Island of Cape Breton, and all the other islands and coasts in the Gulf and River of St.
Page 445 - ... so that they are to be exactly observed for the future in their whole tenor, and religiously executed on all sides, in all their points, which shall not be derogated from by the present treaty...
Page 451 - His Britannic Majesty, on his side, agrees to grant the liberty of the Catholic religion to the inhabitants of Canada ; he will, consequently, give the most precise and most effectual orders that his new Roman Catholic subjects may profess the worship of their religion, according to the rites of the Romish Church, as far as the laws of Great Britain permit.
Page 460 - Britannick majesty agrees, on his side, to grant to the inhabitants of the countries, above ceded, the liberty of the Catholic religion...
Page 460 - Majefty, and bring away their effects, as well as their perfons, without being reftrained in their emigration, under any pretence whatfoever, except that of debts, or of criminal profecutions : the term limited for this emigration...