the Genoefe by the French troops, in August 1767, [123]—the troubles in this country have already cost the Genoefe nine millions fterling, with- out any profpect of fübduing it, as appeared in August 1767; [123]- the treaty of neutrality and fufpen- fion of arms between count Mar- boeuf, commander in chief of the French troops in Corfica, and the Genoefe, in 1767, [165, 166]-This ifland ceded to the French king, for an indeterminate time, by a formal treaty concluded with the republic of Genoa, the latter end of the year 1767, and the reafons affigned for France meeting with no interruption in taking poffeffion of it, xi. [2, 3]- the conduct of the French previous to the invasion, [58*, 59*]-the va- rious fuccefs of the French arms at Furiani, Cafinca, Oletta, Murato, Borgo, Pietra, and Ifola Rossa, [60*. 65-contributions made in Scot- land in favour of Paoli and the Cor- ficans, [184, 185]-The ftate of the inhabitants in the winter of 1768, when the French negociated with the chiefs, xii. [40, 41]-the unfuccefs- ful attempts which were made upon the French pofts in this country, and the refolute behaviour of the ecclefi attics in defence of this ifland, [41, 42]-the arrival of the count de Vaux from France, with a reinforcement of troops, who defeats the Corficans near Roftino, takes Corte without oppofition, and fubdues the whole ifland, [43, 44]-the establishment of the French government, the abo- lition of the fovereign council of the inland, and the creation of a new one, under the direction of the par- liament de Provence, [45]-unfuc- cessful attempts to conciliate the minds of the people to the French government, and the lofs fuftained by the French in this conqueft, [46] -tranflation of a letter from general Paoli, acknowledging with gratitude the goodness and zeal with which the generous English have interested theinfelves in the cause of the Corfi- cans, and the effectual means they furnished for the defence of the li berty and country of Corfica, [54*. 97] The little advantage which France reaped by the conqueft of this island, if that can be called a conqueit, where the people are upon every occafion in a state of defiance, and nothing but the fuperiority of
a military force could keep this island in the poffeffion of France, xiii. [53, 54]-the oppofition fhewed by the natives to the French, and the fre- quent executions of fuch of the na- tives as were taken by the French, [150, 151]-The difficulties fuftained by the French in keeping poffeffion of this ifland, from the continual de- predatory war carried on between their forces and the mountaineers, attended with the moft cruel circum- ftances on both fides, xiv. [94]— The great lofs the French met with in a terrible engagement with the Cor- ficans, particularly fpecified, [128, 129] the affaffination of the French in this itland in 1771, [138]-The in- vetaracy of the natives to the French, and the horrid cruelties exercifed by the French (to the difgrace of their national character) to exterminate a people they could not fubdue; with an enquiry into the plot laid to the charge of the Corficans (in 1774) to cut off all the French on a particular day, xvii. [33. 36]-The determi- nations of the French not to part with the poffeffion of this island, and the laudable measures they pursued in 1775 for the improvement and cul- tivation of it, xviii. [125]
Cofel, fiege of, i. 59, 60. 62--Besieged by the Austrians, who are compelled to raise it, iii. [49]-Defeat of gene- ral Laudohn by the prince of Bevern, V. [24]
Cofire, in Arabia, defcription of, xxiii.
Courland, the remarkable interference of the court of Ruffia in the election of the duke of this country, and the uneafinefs given to the Poles on that occafion, vi. [59, 60]-The elec- tion and inveftiture of prince Charles of Saxony, in 1758, was declared null and void, on May 30, 1764, and Erneft John was acknowledged the lawful duke by the diet, which at that time refolved that the ducal dig- nity should be permanent in the Bi- ron family, as long as it fhould have male iffue, vii. [84]-The homage which was paid by the hereditary prince of this country, &c. &c. to his Polifh majefty, on receiving the inveftiture of the duchies of Cour- land and Semigallia, the 21st of Ja- nuary, 1765, viii. [63]-Privileges obtained for it in 1768, xi. [10] Cracow, taken by the confederates, who are befieged by the Ruffians,
ki. [16]-the confederates defire a capitulation, which is refufed them, [20, 21]-the city at length taken by storm, and the deplorable state of the province of Cracovia, [21, 22] -Is furprifed and taken by the confederates February the 2d, 1772 ; who are in their turn befieged by the Ruffians, and not being able to hold out against the Ruffians, permit the Auftrians (by a private treaty) to take poffeffion of it, whereupon a difpute arofe between the Ruffian and Auftrian army, which was not easily fuppreffed by their respective courts, xv. [26, 27]
Crevelt, the glorious victory obtained by the allied army oyer the French in 1758, i. 44, 45.
Crim Tartary, the conqueft of it was the great object of the Ruffians in the campaign for 1771, xiv. [73*], -was formerly called the Taurica Cherfonefus, [74]-its extent, fituation, and fortifications, defcribed, [74]the fuccefs of the Ruffian forces, till the whole peninfula was fubdued, [75*]—The nature and advantages of the treaty which the court of Peterburgh made with the Tartars of this country at the end of the year 1772, xv. [16, 17]-The ftate of the war between the Turks and Ruffians renewed in 1773, by a revolt from the Ruffians, xvi. [5. 19, 20] -The emprefs of Ruffia, in the year 1774, grants a powerful protection to the Chriftians in the Crimea, who fled to the Ruffians, by ordering a large town to be built for their reception between Kerch and Janicale, xviii. [82]-Difputes between the rival Chans in 1777, the petty war which was commenced in confequence of thefe difputes, and the fhare which the courts of Peterf. burgh and Conftantinople took in the fame difputes, whilst both fides were unwilling to proceed to extremities, xx. [185*, 186*]
Crown Point, plan of operations againft this place by the English, who took it in Auguft 1759, and the retreat of the French before the army of general Amherst. ii. 29. 32-Surprized and taken by the provincial troops commanded by colonel Ethan Allen in May 1775, xviii. [131*, 132*]The advantages gained by the provincials by the conqueft of this place,
previous to their successful attacks upon Fort St. John's and Montreal in 1775, xix. [4.7]Abandoned by the rebels in 1776, after having fet fire to the houses, and deftroyed every thing which could not be carried off, xx. [5, 6]
Cuba, an accurate and particular defcrip. tion of the conqueft of this ifland by the English in 1762, the private and public advantages of this conqueft, and in what refpect it was inftrumental inaccelerating the general peace in 1763. v, [36.44]-restored to the Spaniards at the general peace, with all the fortreffes in the fame condition they were in at the time of the conqueft by the English, [239, 240]-Proceedings in Spain against the officers employed in the defence of this inland against the English, at the time of its conqueft, viii. [85]-The interruption which the Spaniards gave in 1775, to the inhabitants of Jamaica, who were cutting wood upon the coaft of this ifland, xviii. [104] Cudalore furrenders to the French, ii,
Cunnersdorf, ftate of the Pruffian and Ruffian armies previous to the famous battle at this place, in Auguft 1759; particulars relating to the battle, and the confequences of it to the king of Pruffia's affairs, ii. 25. 28. Cuftren besieged by the Ruffians, who, after they had committed many acts of cruelty and devaftation, raised the fiege on the approach of his Pruffian majefty, i. 48, 51.
DALMATIA (Venetian ;) remarkable infurrection in 1767, x. [153. 163, 164]
Dantzick, the exports of corn from this city in 1760, . [163]The violent tranfaction of the Pruffians, who lay it under a fevere contribution in 1770, xiii. [43, 44]— The impofition of unheard-of gabelles, and the exorbitant duties which were levied on all the neceffaries of life, and on the ecclefiaftics, fo that they were compelled to leave their country, and the other enormities which were enforced by his Pruffian majefty to recruit his army, and to stock the king's dominions, from the latter part
of 1770 to the latter end of 1772, xv. [21, 22]—the nature of the very extraordinary claim, and the manner in which it was fupported by his Pruffian majesty in 1772, to the pcf- feffions and rights, civil and ecclefi- aftical, of this city, [31. 33]-the vio- lent seizure of the ports, and detention of the fhips which refufed to pay an arbitrary tribute to his Pruffian ma- jefty without regard to treaties; de- ftructive monopolies encouraged; and the artful meafures purfued to induce the magistrates and citizens to furren- der the city into the hands of the king of Pruffia, [38. 4. 66]-The vio- lent proceedings on the part of the king of Pruffia in stopping a confider- able quantity of planks, ftaves, &c. in fome British fhips trading to this port, in 1773, and the meafures pur- fued by the merchants on this oc- cafion, xvi. [127. 133]-the great emigration which took place in con- Sequence of the advantageous offers made by his Swedish majesty for their merchants to fettle at Stralfund, [155] The unfettled ftate of affairs in this city in the beginning of the year 1774, xvii. [22]-The decline of the trade in this city in 1775, ow- ing to the fevere impofts of his Pruf- fan majesty, and the heavy calamities which the inhabitants fuffered from the oppreflions of the said king, wha threatened to block up the city, and cut off all its communications with any other place, xviii. [156] Danube; the ftate of the war between
the Ruffians and Turks on, xiii. [11. 17]—xiv. [73*. 77*]—xvi. [6. 12. 19]-xvii. [4.6]
David's, St. Fort; furrenders to the
French, ii. 53. 95. Denmark; an hofpitable afylum to the diftreffed Germans, ii. 117-En- couragement given to fcience, iii. [100]-iv. [148]-wife meafures for populating and cultivating diftricts in Jutland, by the king of, [123]-Im- portation of foreign tobacco or fnuff prohibited, iv. [67]-a noble endow- ment for twelve merchants daughters, [130]--Threatened with a war, and the caufe, v. [14]-Extorts a loan fromHamburgh,[15]—Wise attention to the domeftic improvement of, vi. [2, 3]-Inftitution for the relief of officers widows, vii. [54, 55]-wool- len manufactuers in 1764, [107]
Regulations relating to marriages in the army, viii. [75]difturbances pro- duced by the capitation tax, [115]
-Alliance with Great Britain by marriage, viii. [3]-ix. [5, 6. 135. 141. 148] Coronation of the prefent king, x. [87]remarkable disorder of mind, extremely dan- gerous to fociety, prevalent in, [164]-Flourishing state in 1768, xi. [39, 40. 181]Wife attention to teftamentary inheritance, and the pur- fuit of commerce, xii. [7, 8. 104] -a lottery inftituted in 1769, [80]- edict for numbering the inhabitants of, [115]-agriculture encouraged, [126]-Changes in the miniftry, and fruitless expedition against Algiers, in 1770, xiii. [44,45]-liberty of the preis encouraged, [166]—Ordinance relating to the marriage of kinfmen, xiv. [77]-great privileges granted to the Jews, [111]remarkable edict relating to illegitimate children, [125, 126]-How affected by the par- tition of Poland, xv. [4]-remark- able revolution in 1772, [70*. 78*. 106, 197. 118. 124. 181. 183]— nature of the peace with the Alge- rines, [79]-fpirited behaviour of the British minister at this court at the revolution, [78]-encourage- ment given to the foundery erected in Norway, [130]-particulars re- lating to the fentence and execution of the ftate criminals in 1772, [185, 186]-Advantages arifing from the ceffion of the duchy of Holftein to, xvi. [4, 5. 31. 48. 148-pacific ftate of, and attention to the military and navy, [47, 48]—Office for insurance of cattle, xvii. [121]-Trade to Ben- gal declared free, xviii. [89]-three placarts, relating to exportation and importation, [126]-edict forbidding all trade with the British colonies in North America for a limited time, [64]-Edict, excluding all foreign- ers, except naturalized, from em- ployments, xix. [118]-For ftorms, earthquakes, &c. fee NATURAL HISTORY.
Defirade, island of; restored to France at the general peace in 1763, v. [58. 237-A place of banishment for all diffolute young men of fashion, vi, [92, 93]
Detroit fort; its importance to the English when engaged in a war with the Indians, vi. [22. 25]-attempted
by the Indians, who were repulfed, [25, 26]-Great distress in 1770, xiii, [89]
Dillenbourg furrenders to the French, iii. [21]
Dippolfwalda; lofs of the Imperialists at, v. [15]
Domingo, St.; infurrections among the French, provoked as it was faid by the count d'Estaign their governor, ix. [2] The great difturbances in 1769 between the governor and the inhabitants, many of whom appeared in arms, and had engagements with fome of the regular forces; the punishment inflicted on fome of the principal infurgents, xii. [47, 48]— fome further particulars relating to the difagreements between the governor and the inhabitants of this ifland,[113]-The calamities fuftained by the earthquake in 1770, xiii. [136]
Pominica; reduced by a small armament, under lord Rollo and fir James Douglas, to the power of the English, iv. [58]-an authentic and particular account of the military and naval operations, and the affault by which this place was taken in June 1761, [138. 140]- Guarantied to the English at the general peace, v. [58, 238]-Erected into a feparate government, independent of the general government of the fouthern Caribbee Iflands, of which it before made a part; and the appointment of fir William Young, baronet, to the government thereof, xiii. [129]-The capture of this island by the French fleet under count d'Estaing, and the general alarm it produced among all the Weft India merchants in England, in 1778, xxi. [208, 209]-The importance of this ifland from its fituation between Martinico and Gaudaloupe confidered and afcertained, xxii. [37]the bad ftate of its garrifon and fortifications on September the 7th, 1778, when it was attacked by the marquis de Bouillè, and furrendered on receiving very honourable terms of capitulation, [37, 38]-For ftorms, hurricanes, earthquakes, &c. fee NATURAL HISTORY.
Dorften befieged and taken by the Hereditary Prince of Brunswick, with the advantages obtained by the allies from this fuccefs, iv. [28] Drefden; nature of the treaty in 1745,
between his Pruffian and her Imperial majesties, i. 7.dreadful fiege and defolation of, by burning the fuburbs of it in 1758, 60. 62. 64—Be fieged by his Pruffian majesty in 1760; the ftate of its fortifications; the destruction of the town; and the raising of the fiege, iii. [16, 17]—The inftitution of a new military order in this city in 1768, fimilar in fome refpects to the order of St, Henry, defcribed, xi. [171, 172]—For storms, &c. fee NATURAL HISTORY. Dringleburg taken by the French, iv, [24]
Dumet, the ifle of; furrendered to the English, and the punishment inflicted on the French governor, in 1760, iii, [132. 251]
Dunkirk; an account of the expedi tion under the celebrated Thurot from this place to invade Scotland (as it was at first imagined), but in the iffue to make a defcent upon Ireland, begun in 1759, ii. 22, 118, 119. 121
the great alarm occasioned by it, and the measures taken to repel the enemy on the coafts of Scotland and Ireland, in 1759, 123, 125-A particular defcription of Thurot's failing from Dunkirk, and the number of forces with him; his arrival at Gottenburg and Bergen; his capture of Carrickfergus; his cloie and unfuccefsful engagement with the English fleet; his defperate behaviour and death in the engagement, iii. [55. 57. 80. 84]-The renewal at the general peace in 1763 of the ftipulations made by France in former treaties to destroy the fortifications and harbour in this place, v. [61. 238]-The cunette entirely filled up, excepting a trifling part. in 1763; while 300 men were employed in the demolition of the king's bafon, vi. [112]—The orders given by the French court for demolihing the jettees, which are the fupport of the harbour of this place, and the progrefs made in this work in 1765, viii.[116.127]—The placard iffued February 20th, 1772, prohibiting the exportation of feveral kinds of provisions, xv. [80]
Du Quefne fort; the rife and importance of this place, and the occafion it gave to the war between the Englith and French in North America, in the year 1756, i. 2, 3, and vi.[26] -Evacuated by the French, and called by the English Pittsburg, i. 74,
75-Attacked by the Indians in 1763, who are repulfed with some difficulty, vi. [26. 31]
Duffeldorp taken by prince Ferdinand, and the advantages he reaped from it, i. 45.
Dyniel, the; defeat of the Pruffians on, iv. [24]
EGRA in Bohemia, canonaded and almoft laid in afhes by the Pruf- fians, v. [53]
Egypt; revolution effected by Aly Bey, who mounted the throne, xii. [39. 41-xiv. [80]-Made fubje&t again to the Ottoman power, xv. [18, 19. 25, 26]
Eimbach reduced by the French, iii. [24]
England; the origin of the war, com-
menced with the French in 1756, arofe from the uncertain limits of their territories in North America, particularly the country of Acadia, (now called Nova Scotia) and the fettlements on the banks of the Ohio, 3. 1, 2, 3—firit military operations against the French unfuccefsful at Fort du Quefne, 4-lofe Minorca, which produces much public difcon- tient, 5-an alliance formed with the king of Pruffia, 6-loffes in America and the East Indies, at the com- mencement of the war, 13, 14. 29, 30-happy revolution of affairs in the East Indies, in 1757, 30. 32 --pleafing state of affairs in 1758. 38. 40. 75, 76, 77-State of its military and naval power, and happy internal union, at the beginning of 1759, ii. 7-reflections made on the battle of Minden, and pro- ceedings in confequence of it, in this country, 19, 20. 56-threatened with an invafion, and the laudable public fpirit which appeared on this occation, 21, 22. 51. 92, 93. 106, 107. 112, 113. 115. 116—the ftate of affairs at the clofe of the year 1759, and pacific propofal to the belligerent powers in the career of victory, 55, 56- fome account of the great and expenfive voluntary ex- ertions of public fpirit and benefi- cence, and large fubfcriptions for en- lifting foldiers, for clothing the ene- my's prifoners, and for adminifter-
ing to the relief of the families of those who had fallen in the battles of Quebec and Minden, 56. 71. 106, 107. 112. 116. 120. 124. 130-iii. [73. 111]-Additional duties for the fervice of 1759, ii. 77-messages from his majefty to the house of lords and the houfe of commons, relating to the British fettlements in the Eaft Indies and North America, and to the threatened invafion of England in 1759, and the antwers, full of loyalty and public fpirit, given to the faine, 88. 90. 92, 93-the state of the land forces, in 1759, in this coun- try, 100-number of feamen voted in 1759, 127-ships taken from the enemy, or destroyed, from the com- mencement of the war to the end of 1759, twenty-feven thips of the line, and thirty-one frigates, and two ships of the line and four frigates loft; fhips belonging to England loft, fe- ven men of war, and five frigates, 131, 132-Pacific propofals made by it and Pruffia to the belligerent pow- ers in 1759, and the difficulties in bringing them to a conclufion, iii. [35]tate of the military forces fent into Germany in 1760, and the murmurs at the continental war in that country, [10. 38. 51. 55. 120, 121-captures by the French from March ift to the roth of June, 1760, two hundred and two fhips, [111] and from June 1lt, 1756, to June ift, 1760, iii. [120]-captures made by the English from June 1, 1756, to June 1st, 1760, [120]--difputes about the command of the British troops in Germany, [125, 126]—ships be- longing to Liverpool taken by the 'enemy from May 1st, 1756, to July 25th, 1760, [127]- Her conduct on receiving pacific propofals from France, and the confederate belli- gerent states, in 1761, iv. [6, 7]— agreement with the court of Ver- failles to treat of a feparate peace, articles propofed by England, ob- jects of the negociation, and the in- fluence of French machinations in Spain, which produce memorials be- tween the courts of London and Ver- failles, [18. 24]-the difference with France relating to the German alli- ance, and the captures antecedent to the declaration of war, and the con- fequence it produced of breaking off the negociation for peace, [39. 41] -difputes concerning the refignation
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