CHAPTER VII.

Anne succeeds to the Throne..... She resolves to fulfil the
Engagements of her Predecessor with his Allies..... A French
Memorial presented to the States-general..... The Queen’s
Inclination to the Tories..... War declared against
France..... The Parliament prorogued..... Warm Opposition to
the Ministry in the Scottish Parliament..... They recognize
her Majesty’s Authority..... The Queen appoints
Commissioners to treat of an Union between England and
Scotland..... State of Affairs on the Continent.....
Keiserswaert and Landau taken by the Allies..... Progress of
the Earl of Marlborough in Flanders..... He narrowly escapes
being taken by a French Partisan..... The Imperialists are
worsted at Fridlinguen..... Battle of Luzzara in Italy.....
The King of Sweden defeats Augustus at Lissou in Poland.....
Fruitless expedition to Cadiz by the Duke of Ormond and Sir
George Booke..... They take and destroy the Spanish Galleons
at Vigo..... Admiral Benbow’s Engagement with Ducasse in the
West Indies..... The Queen assembles a new Parliament.....
Disputes between the two Houses..... The Lords inquire into
the Conduct of Sir George Rooke..... The Parliament make a
Settlement on Prince George of Denmark..... The Earl of
Marlborough created a Duke..... All Commerce and
Correspondence prohibited between Holland and the two Crowns
of France and Spain..... A Bill for preventing occasional
Conformity..... It miscarries..... Violent Animosity
between the two Houses produced by the Inquiry into the
Public Accounts..... Disputes between the two Houses of
Convocation..... Account of the Parties in Scotland.....
Dangerous Heats in the Parliament of that Kingdom..... The
Commissioner is abandoned by the Cavaliers..... He is in
Danger of his Life, and suddenly prorogues the
Parliament..... Proceedings of the Irish Parliament.....
They pass a severe Act against Papists..... The Elector of
Bavaria defeats the Imperialists at Scardingen, and takes
Possession of Ratisbon..... The Allies reduce Bonne.....
Battle of Eckeren..... The Prince of Hesse is defeated by
the French at Spirebath..... Treaty between the Emperor and
the Duke of Savoy..... The King of Portugal accedes to the
Grand Alliance..... Sir Cloudesley Shovel sails with a Fleet
to the Mediterranean..... Admiral Graydon’s bootless
Expedition to the West Indies..... Charles King of Spain
arrives in England.

ANNE, 1701—1714