n taken prisoners;
and the earl was obliged to take shelter in the Isle of Skye. These
little checks were counterbalanced by some advantages which his
majesty's arms obtained. The sloop of war which the rebels had surprised
at Montrose was retaken in Sutherland, with a considerable sum of money,
and a great quantity of arms on board, which she had brought from France
for the use of the pretender. In the same county, the earl of Cromartie
fell into an ambuscade, and was taken by the militia of Sutherland, who
likewise defeated a body of the rebels at Goldspie. This action happened
on the very day which has been rendered famous by the victory obtained
at Culloden.

CHAPTER VI.

_The Rebels are totally defeated at Culloden..... The Duke
of Cumberland takes Possession of Inverness, and afterwards
encamps at Fort-Augustus..... The Prince Pretender escapes
to France..... Convulsion in the Ministry..... Liberality of
the Commons..... Trial of the Rebels..... Kilmarnock,
Balmerino, Lovat, and Mr. Ratcliff, are beheaded on Tower-
hill..... The States-general alarmed at the Progress of the
French in the Netherlands..... Count Saxa subdues all
Flanders, Brabant, and Hainault..... Reduces the strong
Fortress of Namur, and defeats the Allied Army at
Roucoux..... The French and Spaniards are compelled to
abandon Piedmont and the Milanese..... Don Philip is worsted
at Codogno, and afterwards at Porto Freddo..... The
Austrians take Possession of Genoa..... Count Brown
penetrates into Provence..... The Genoese expel the
Austrians from their City..... Madras in the East Indies
taken by the French..... Expedition to the Coast of
Bretagne, and Attempt upon Port L'Orient..... Naval
Transactions in the West-Indies..... Conferences at
Breda..... Vast Supplies granted by the Commons of
England..... Parliament dissolved..... The French and Allies
take the Field in Flanders..... Prince of Orange elected
Stadtholder, Captain-general, and Admiral of the United
Provinces..... The Confederates defeated at Laffeldt.....
Siege of Bergen-op-Zoom--The Austrians undertake the Siege
of Genoa, which however, they abandon..... The Chevalier de
Belleisle slain in the Attack of Exilles..... A French
Squadron defeated and taken by the Admirals Anson and
Warren..... Admiral Hawke obtains another Victory over