.... Mareschal Keith lays Bohemia under
Contribution..... King of Prussia defeats the Austrians at
Lissa; retakes Breslau and Schweidnitz, and becomes Master
of all Silesia..... Hostilities of the Swedes in
Pomerania..... Mareschal Lehwald forces the Swedes to
retire...... Memorial presented to the Dutch by Colonel
Yorke, relative to Ostend and Nieuport..... King of
Prussia's Letter to the King of Great Britain..... His
Britannic Majesty's Declaration..... Disputes concerning the
Convention of Closter-Seven..... Progress of the Hanoverian
Army..... Death of the Queen of Poland..... Transactions at
Sea..... Fate of Captain Death..... Session opened.....
Supplies granted..... Funds for raising the Supplies.....
Messages from the King to the House of Commons..... Second
Treaty with the King of Prussia..... Bill for fortifying
Milford Haven..... Regulations with respect to Corn.....
Bills for the Encouragement of Seamen, and for explaining
the Militia Act..... Act for repairing London Bridge..... Act
for ascertaining the Qualification of voting..... Bill for
more effectually manning the Navy..... Amendments in the
Habeas-Corpus Act..... Scheme in Favour of the Foundling
Hospital..... Proceedings relative to the African
Company..... Session closed..... Vigorous Preparations for
War..... Death of the Princess Caroline..... Sea Engagement
off Cape Francois..... Remarkable success of Captain
Forest..... French evacuate Embden..... Success of Admiral
Osborne..... French Fleet driven ashore in Basque Road.....
Admiral Broderick's Ship burnt at Sea..... Descent at
Cancalle-Bay..... Expedition against Cherbourg...... Descent
at St. Maloes..... English defeated at St. Cas..... Captures
from the Enemy..... Clamours of the Dutch Merchants on
Account of the Capture of their Ships..... Their famous
Petition to the States-general_
THE FRENCH ENTER THE PRUSSIAN DOMINIONS.
The Hanoverians being now quite subdued, and the whole force of the
French let loose against the king of Prussia by this treaty, mareschal
Richelieu immediately ordered lieutenant-general Berchini to march with
all possible expedition, with the troops under his command, to join the
prince de Soubise: the gens-d'-arms, and other troops that were in
the landgraviate of Hesse-Cassel, received the same ord
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