Chapter XI: Rise of Lord Bute to power 535

Trouble with Spain; Pitt advocates War 536

Resignation of Pitt; Bute compelled to Declare War 536

The Expedition against Martinique 537

Fall of Martinique, Grenada, St. Vincent and St. Lucia 541

Expedition to Havanna 541

Mortality among the Troops 543

Expedition to Manilla 544

The War in Portugal 545

Burgoyne and the Sixteenth Light Dragoons 546

Ferdinand's Last Campaign 547

The Position of Wilhelmsthal 548

Action of Wilhelmsthal 549

The Race for Cassel 553

Position of the opposing Armies in the Ohm 554

Action of the Brückemühle 555

Fall of Cassel; Conclusion of the War 557

Ferdinand of Brunswick 557

His Difficulties with the British Troops 558