CHAPTER XX.

Exploit of the Swedes in Pomerania..... Skirmishes between
the Prussians and Austrians in Saxony..... Position of the
Armies in Saxony and Silesia..... General Laudohn defeats
General Fouquet, and reduces Glatz..... and then undertakes
the Siege of Breslau, which is relieved by Prince Henry of
Prussia..... The King of Prussia makes an unsuccessful
Attempt upon Dresden..... He marches into Silesia.....
Defeats General Laudohn, and raises the Blockade of
Schweidnitz..... Action between General Hulsen and the
Imperial Army in Saxony..... Dangerous Situation of the
Prussian Monarch..... The Russians and Austrians make an
Irruption into Brandenburgh, and possess themselves of
Berlin..... The Ring of Prussia defeats the Austrians at
Torgau..... Both Armies go into Quarters of Cantonment.....
The Diets of Poland and Sweden assembled..... Intimation
given by the King of Prussia to the States of
Westphalia..... King of Poland’s Remonstrance..... Reduction
of Pondicherry..... Part of the British Squadron wrecked in
a Storm..... Death of King George II..... His Character.....
Recapitulation of the principal Events of his Reign..... His
Death universally lamented..... Account of the Commerce of
Great Britain..... State of Religion and Philosophy.....
Fanaticism..... Metaphysics and Medicine..... Mechanics.....
Genius..... Music..... Painting, and Sculpture