Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 3. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 641
... French . 474 Battle of Though the British were victorious in this engage- ment , the French were very little difconcerted by it . They oppofed prince Charles , and interrupted his at- tempts to pafs the Rhine . In Italy they alfo gained ...
... French . 474 Battle of Though the British were victorious in this engage- ment , the French were very little difconcerted by it . They oppofed prince Charles , and interrupted his at- tempts to pafs the Rhine . In Italy they alfo gained ...
Page 645
... French had environed the British fettlements in America , fo that the fucceeding campaign promifed great fuccefs . 440 Quebec ta- ced . des . In 1759 , it was refolved to attack the French in fe- ken and Ca veral parts of their empire ...
... French had environed the British fettlements in America , fo that the fucceeding campaign promifed great fuccefs . 440 Quebec ta- ced . des . In 1759 , it was refolved to attack the French in fe- ken and Ca veral parts of their empire ...
Page 679
... French in the West Indian feas were effectually diffi- can and pated . The islands of Dominica , St Vincent , and Grenada , were indeed loft ; the firft being taken by the marquis de Bouille , governor of Martinico , and the two lait by ...
... French in the West Indian feas were effectually diffi- can and pated . The islands of Dominica , St Vincent , and Grenada , were indeed loft ; the firft being taken by the marquis de Bouille , governor of Martinico , and the two lait by ...
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