THE

CONTENT S.

HISTORY OF EUROPE.

CHA P. I.

Germany. Some obfervations on the political state of that country. Death of

the Elector of Bavaria. Some account of the character and difpofition

of his fucceffor, the Elector Palatine. Auftrian troops feize upon the

Lower Bavaria, and upon the Upper Palatinate. Subftance of the con-

vention concluded between the Elector and the court of Vienna. Various

claims notwithstanding left open. Short view of the hiftory of the two

great branches of the Bavarian or Palatine line, jo far as it relates to the

prefent conteft. Claims of the House of Auftria controverted. Claims of

the Prince of Deuxponts; of the Electress Dowager of Saxony; and of the

Dukes of Mecklenburg. Proteft entered by the first against the late conven-

tion; and an appeal to the Diet of the empire against the conduct of the court

of Vienna. King of Pruffia efpoufes the cause of the Princes who fuppofed

themfelves injured. Various memorials and documents laid before the Diet

by the Pruffian and' Auftrian minifters. Memorial of complaint by the

Elector of Bavaria. Will of the late Elector laid before the Diet. De-

claration to the Pruffian Minifter at Vienna, Fresh remonftrances on the

other fide. Memorial by Prince Kaunitz to the Pruffian Minifter. Direct

correfpondence between the Emperor and the King of Pruffia in Bohemia,

and a negociation opened in confequence at Berlin. Negociation fruitless.

New propofals for an accommodation, tranfmitted by the King to Vienna.

Propofals rejected. Other propofitions on both fides ineffectual. Prufian

manifefto.

СНАР.

CHA P. II.

Great preparations for war on both fides. Conduct of the great neighbouring
powers. King of Prufia's military Speech to his Generals. Prefents to the
officers, and a gratification to the joldiers. Prodigious artillery. State of
Saxony. Neutrality propofed by the Elector; but fuch conditions laid down
by the court of Vienna, as amounted nearly to a rejection. State and fitua-
tion of the hoftile armies. King of Pruffia penetrates into Bohemia from the
county of Glats, and feizes Nachod. Emperor's army fecurely posted in the
ftrong camp of Koningfgratz, and occupies the paffes on the Upper Elbe.
All the endeavours ufed by the King to bring the imperial army to action, or
to induce it to a change of pofition, prove ineffectual. Great prudence and

judgment fhewn by the Emperor in this, his first essay in war. Operations

on the fide of Saxony. Prince Henry paffes the Elbe, and penetrates the

mountains of Bohemia, on the fide of Mijnia and Lufatia. Unusual diffi-

culties in that march. Good conduct of, and great applaufe gained by,

General Belling. Defeats General de Vins, at Tollenftein. Prince Henry

advances to Leypa. General Moellendorf, and other detached corps, enter

Bohemia in different parts. Marshal Laudohn breaks up his firong camp at

Pleiffedel, and falls back to the Ifer; where he takes fo admirable a po-

fition, that he effectually prevents the junction of the oppofite armies, covers

the city of Prague, and is himself inacceffible. Prince Henry's army being

thrown into feveral divifions, forms a line of great pofts, and of confider-

able extent. Singular fituation of the four vaft armies in Bohemia. Effect

of the great generalfhip and fuperior ability difplayed on both fides. "An-

other, but ineffectual negociation. Grand movement to the right, by the

King, Pufbes on towards the head of the Elbe, by Burkersdorf, Wilt-

fchitz, Hermanfeifen, and Lauterwaffer. All his movements, and at-

tempts to bring the enemy to an action, prove ineffectual. Bad weather.

Sickness. Difficult and admirably conducted retreat to Wiltfchitz, to

Altftadt, and to Schatzlar. King evacuates Bohemia. Various move-

ments of Prince Henry's army, preparatory to its retiring into Saxony.

Pruffians overrun the Auftrian Silefia.

CHA P. III.

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State of Affairs previous to the Meeting of Parliament. Confequences of the

American War with respect to Commerce. Conduct of France. Stabili

ty of Adminiftration equally fecured by good or bad fuccefs. Sanguine

hopes raifed by General Burgoyne's fuccefs at Ticonderoga, checked by jub-

Jequent accounts. Speech from the Throne. Addrefes. Amendment's

moved in both Houses. Great Debates. Proteft.

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Parliamentary enquiries into the fate of public affairs, adopted by the Oppo-
fition in both Houses. Morion for 60,000 Teamen. Animadverfions on
the ftate of the navy. Debates on the motion for a new bill, to conti-
nue the powers granted by the former, for the fufpenfion in certain cafes