Chapter VI

THE DUKE OF CUMBERLAND TAKES POSSESSION OF INVERNESS.

THE PRETENDER ESCAPES TO FRANCE.

CONVULSION IN THE MINISTRY.

TRIAL AND EXECUTION OF THE REBELS.

THE STATES-GENERAL ALARMED AT THE PROGRESS OF THE FRENCH.

COUNT SAXE SUBDUES ALL FLANDERS, BRABANT, AND HAINAULT.

THE FRENCH AND SPANIARDS ABANDON PIEDMONT AND THE MILANESE.

THE GENOESE EXPEL THE AUSTRIANS.

MADRAS TAKEN BY THE FRENCH.

NAVAL TRANSACTIONS in the WEST INDIES.

PARLIAMENT DISSOLVED.

THE FRENCH AND ALLIES TAKE THE FIELD IN FLANDERS.

THE PRINCE OF ORANGE ELECTED STADTHOLDER.

SIEGE OF BERGEN-OP-ZOOM.

THE CHEVALIER DE BELLEISLE SLAIN.

A FRENCH SQUADRON TAKEN.

ADMIRAL HAWKE OBTAINS ANOTHER VICTORY OVER THE FRENCH.

CONGRESS AT AIX-LA-CHAPELLE.

COMPLIANT TEMPER OF THE NEW PARLIAMENT.

PREPARATIONS FOR THE CAMPAIGN IN THE NETHERLANDS.

SIEGE OF MAESTRICHT. FORMS A CESSATION.

TRANSACTIONS IN THE EAST AND WEST INDIES.

CONCLUSION OF THE DEFINITIVE TREATY AT AIX-LA-CHAPELLE.