CHAPTER XVIII.

Siege of Madras..... Colonel Forde defeats the Marquis de
Conflans near Gola-pool..... Captain Knox takes Rajamundry
and Narsipore..... Colonel Forde takes Masulipatam.....
Surat taken by the English..... Unsuccessful Attack upon
Wandewash..... Admiral Pococke defeats Monsieur d’Apehé.....
Hostilities of the Dutch on the River of Bengal..... Colonel
Coote takes Wandewash..... Defeats General Lally..... and
conquers the Province of Arcot..... State of the
Belligerent Powers in Europe..... Frankfort seized by the
French..... Progress  of the   Hereditary Prince  of
Brunswick..... Prince Ferdinand attacks the French at
Bergen..... The British Ministry appoint an Inspector
General of the Forage..... Prince Ferdinand retreats before
the French Army..... Animosity between the General of the
Allied Army and the Commander of the British Forces..... The
French encamp at Min-den..... and are defeated by the
Allies..... Duke de Brissac routed by the Hereditary Prince
of Brunswick..... General Imhoff takes Munster from the
French..... who retreat before Prince Ferdinand..... The
Hereditary Prince beats up the Duke of Wirtemberg’s Quarters
at Fulda..... A Body of Prussians make an incursion into
Poland..... Prince Henry penetrates into Bohemia..... He
enters Franconia, and obliges the Imperial Army to
retire..... King of Prussia vindicates his Conduct with
respect to his Prisoners..... The Prussian General Wedel
defeated by the Russians at Zullichau..... The King of
Prussia  takes the  Command of General Wedel’s  Corps.....
Battle of Cunersdorf..... Advantages gained by the Prussians
in Saxony..... Prince Henry surprises General Vehla.....
General Finck, with his whole Corps of Prussians, surrounded
and taken by the Austrian General..... Disaster of the
Prussian General Diercke..... Conclusion of the
Campaign..... Arret of the Evangelical Body at Ratisbon.....
The French Ministry stop Payment..... The States-General
send over Deputies to England..... Memorial presented to the
States by Major-General Yorke..... A counter Memorial
presented by the French Minister..... Death of the King of
Spain..... He is succeeded by his brother Don Carlos, who
makes a remarkable Settlement..... Detection   and
Punishment of the Conspirators at Lisbon..... Session opened
in England..... Substance of the Addresses..... Supplies
granted..... Ways and Means, Annuities, &c....... Bills for
granting several Duties on Malt, &c...... Petitions for and
against the Prohibition of the Malt Distillery.....
Opposition   to   the   Bill for  preventing the  excessive
Use   of Spirituous Liquors..... Bill for continuing the
Importation of Irish Beef..... Attempt to establish a
Militia in Scotland..... Further Regulations relative to the
Militia of England..... Bill for removing the Powder
Magazine from Greenwich..... Act for improving the Streets
of London..... Bill relative to the Sale of Fish in London
and Westminster..... New Act for ascertaining the
Qualifications of Members of Parliament..... Act for
consolidating the Annuities granted in 1759..... Bill for
securing the Payment of Prize and Bounty Money appropriated
for the Use of Greenwich Hospital..... Act in Favour of
George Keith, late Earl Marshal of Scotland..... Session
closed