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THE
CONTENTS.

History of the present War.
CHAP. I.
Origin of the troubles in North America. Admiral Boscawen and General Braddock sent thither. Operations intended. Two French men of war taken. Braddock defeated. General Johnson repulses the French. French threaten an invasion. Fort St. Philip besieged and taken. Treaty with Russia, the spirit of it. Alliance with the King of Prussia. Ground of the quarrel between her Imperial Majesty and that monarch. Treaty of Petersbourg. Treaty of Versailles. King of Prussia enters Saxony and Bohemia. Battle of Lowositz. Saxon army surrenders. 1
CHAP. II.
State of the English ministry. The characters and designs of the several factions. A coalition. Oswego taken by the French, Calcutta taken by the Nabob. Angria reduced by Admiral Watson 9
CHAP. III.
State of the confederacy against the King of Prussia. French pass the Weser. King of Prussia enters Bohemia. Battle of Prague. Prague
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