Index:The reign of George VI - 1763.djvu

Title	The Reign of George VI
Author	Samuel Madden
Year	1763
Publisher	W. Nicoll
Location	London
Source	djvu
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Cover – – – Title ii Title iv v vi vii viii ix x xi xii xiii xiv xv xvi xvii xviii xix xx xxi - i ii iii iv v vi vii viii ix - 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 – – – Cover

 

CONTENTS.

CHAP. I.

First acts of this Prince's reign.—National debt.—State of Europe.

CHAP. II.

War with Russia.—Battle.—Intrepidity of the King.—Transactions in Parliament.— Invasion.—Battle of Wetherby.—Naval Engagement.—

CHAP. III.

Military reputations of the King.—War with France.—Invasion of Flanders.—Battle of Winox.—Rapid successes.—Naval engagement.—Peace.

CHAP. IV.

Interest of the national debt reduced.—The building of the palace and city of Stanley, ——— ——— George VI. encourages the Arts, Sciences, and Literature.

CHAP. V.

Russians and French attack the Empire.—Battle of Augsburgh.—Battle of Lutzen.—Siege of Vienna.—George VI. assists the Emperor Frederick.—Famous march.—Battle of Vienna.—Russians and French driven out of Germany.—George attacks France, and enters Paris.—Battle.

CHAP. VI.

War renewed.—Siege of Orleans.—Battle of Orleans.—Battle of Arleux.—Battle of Alençon.—Death of King Charles.—Rapid successes.—George enters Paris.—Leaves France, and returns to England.

CHAP. VII.

Foreign affairs.—State of Europe.—Treaty of Madrid.—Preparations of Great-Britain.—Parliament meets.—Negotiations. Junction of the King's troops.—Duke of Devonshire conquers Flanders and Holland.—

CHAP. VIII.

Naval victories.—Duke of Parma marches into France.—Motions of the British and French armies.—Celebrated march.—Philip arrives at Paris.—Battle of Espalion.—Battle of Paris.—The conquest of France.—Conquest of Mexico.—Philippine Islands reduced.—Duke of Devonshire enters Spain—General peace.—George crowned King of France.

CHAP. XI.

State of the kingdom.—The parliament meets.—Arts, sciences, and literature.—Academy.—University.—Gardens of Stanley.—George VI. continues to render his kingdom both flourishing and formidable.

CHAP. X.

George VI. visits France.—Government in France.—New laws.—Buildings.—Encouragement of arts and sciences.—George gives both freedom and happiness to France.