Chapter XVI: THE REIGN OF GEORGE III. (continued)

Invasion of Holland by Dumouriez--He is defeated at Neerwinden
and goes over to the Enemy--Second Partition of Poland--The
Campaign in the Netherlands--And on the Rhine--The English
Fleets in the Channel and West Indies--Siege of Toulon--First
appearance of Napoleon Buonaparte--Fall of Lyons--The Reign of
Terror--Insurrection in La Vendée--Its brutal Suppression--Worship
of the Goddess of Reason--Opposition to the War in
England--Prosecutions for Sedition--Trials in Scotland--Discussions
on the subject in Parliament--Arrests of Horne Tooke, Thelwall,
Hardy, and others--Battle of the First of June--The War in the
West Indies--Annexation of Corsica--The Campaign of 1794--The
Prussian Subsidy--Successes of Pichegru against the Austrians--The
Struggle for the Sambre--Loss of Belgium--Danger of Holland--The
War in the South--The Reign of Terror continues--The Festival of
the Supreme Being--Death of Robespierre and his Associates--The
Thermidorians--Final extinction of Poland--The Portland Whigs
join the Ministry--Trials of Hardy, Horne Tooke, and their
Associates--Opening of Parliament--The Budget--Attempts at
Reform--Marriage of the Prince of Wales--His Allowance--The
French occupy Holland--It becomes a Republic--Prussia and Spain
leave the Coalition, but the War continues--Campaigns on the
Rhine and in Italy--The War in La Vendée and in Brittany--The
Expedition from England planned--Destruction of the Expedition
at Quibéron--Extinction of the War in La Vendée--Establishment
of the Directory--Attack on George the Third--The Budget--Pitt's
first Negotiations for Peace--Failure of Lord Malmesbury's
Mission--Successes in the West Indies and Africa--Expedition to
Bantry Bay--The Campaign of 1796--Retreat of the French--Napoleon's
Italian Campaign--The Battles of Arcole--A new British
Loan--Suspension of Cash Payments--Grievances of the Seamen--Mutiny
at Portsmouth--Its Pacification--Mutiny at the Nore--Descent on the
Welsh Coast--Campaign of 1797--Preliminaries of Leoben--Treaty of
Campo Formio--Lord Malmesbury's Mission to Lille 418