in the last
campaign. General Doxat was tried by a council of war at Belgrade, and
condemned to death, for having surrendered to the enemy the town of
Nissa, in which he commanded. The diet of the empire granted a subsidy
of fifty Roman months to the emperor, who began to make vigorous
preparations for the ensuing campaign; but, in the meantime, Ragotski,
vaivode of Transylvania, revolted against the house of Austria, and
brought a considerable army into the field, under the protection of the
grand seignor. He was immediately proclaimed a rebel, and a price set
upon his head by the court of Vienna. The Turks taking the field early,
reduced the forts of Usitza and Meadia, and undertook the siege of
Orsova; which however they abandoned at the approach of the Imperial
army, commanded by the grand duke of Tuscany, assisted by count
Konigsegg. The Turks, being reinforced, marched back and attacked the
Imperialists, by whom they were repulsed after an obstinate engagement.
The Germans, notwithstanding this advantage, repassed the Danube; and
then the infidels made themselves masters of Orsova, where they found
a fine train of artillery, designed for the siege of Widdin. By the
conquest of this place, the Turks laid the Danube open to their galleys
and vessels; and the Germans retired under the cannon of Belgrade. In
the Ukraine, the Russians, under general count Munich, obtained the
advantage over the Turks in two engagements; and general Lasci routed
the Tartars of the Crimea; but they returned in greater numbers,
and harassed the Muscovites in such a manner, by intercepting their
provisions, and destroying the country, that they were obliged to
abandon the lines of Precops.

DISPUTE BETWEEN HANOVER AND DENMARK.

In the month of October, an affair of very small importance produced
a rupture between the king of Denmark and the elector of Hanover. A
detachment of Hanoverians took by assault the castle of Steinhurst,
belonging to the privy-counsellor Wederkop, and defended by thirty
Danish dragoons, who had received orders to repel force by force.
Several men were killed on both sides before the Hanoverians could
enter the place, when the garrison was disarmed, and conducted to the
frontiers. This petty dispute about a small territory, which did not
yield the value of one thousand pounds a-year, had well nigh involved
Hanover in a war, which, in all probability, Great Britain must have
maintained; but this dispute was