s unhappy
subjects, to a thirst of vengeance, and sanguinary views of ambition.
They had withdrawn the usual allowance from their subjects who were
detained prisoners in England; and those wretched creatures, amounting
in number to near twenty thousand, were left to the mercy of those
enemies whom their sovereign had taken such pains to exasperate. The
allowance with which they were indulged by the British government
effectually secured them from the horrors of famine; but still they
remained destitute of other conveniences, and particularly exposed to
the miseries of cold and nakedness. The generous English beheld these
forlorn captives with sentiments of sympathy and compassion; they
considered them as their fellow-creatures and brethren in humanity, and
forgot their country while they beheld their distress. A considerable
subscription was raised in their behalf; and in a few weeks they were
completely clothed by the charity of their British benefactors. This
beneficent exertion was certainly one of the noblest triumphs of the
human mind, which even the most inveterate enemies of Great Britain
cannot but regard with reverence and admiration.--The city of Quebec
being reduced, together with great part of the circumjacent country,
brigadier Townshend, who had accepted his commission with the express
proviso that he should return to England at the end of the campaign,
left a garrison of five thousand effective men, victualled from the
fleet, under the command of brigadier Murray; and, embarking with
admiral Saunders, arrived in Great Britain about the beginning of
winter. As for brigadier Monckton, he was conveyed to New York, where he
happily recovered of his wound.

CHAPTER XVIII.

_Siege of Madras..... Colonel Forde defeats the Marquis de
Conflans near Gola-pool..... Captain Knox takes Rajamundry
and Narsipore..... Colonel Forde takes Masulipatam.....
Surat taken by the English..... Unsuccessful Attack upon
Wandewash..... Admiral Pococke defeats Monsieur d'Apehe.....
Hostilities of the Dutch on the River of Bengal..... Colonel
Coote takes Wandewash..... Defeats General Lally..... and
conquers the Province of Arcot..... State of the
Belligerent Powers in Europe..... Frankfort seized by the
French..... Progress of the Hereditary Prince of
Brunswick..... Prince Ferdinand attacks the French at
Bergen..... The British Ministry appoint an Inspector