741 



I N D K X. 



Bvit.iin. 



AbcrcTombie, General, de- 

 feats the French, 



in Iv.'.vpt, C,n 

 his death, if). 

 Aero, sie;,'e (', 671 

 Addinglun, Mr, made Chan- 

 cellor Dl'the F.x- 

 chequer, (>73 

 resigns his oflice, 



871 



Adrian visits Britain, 565 

 Agricola made governor of 



Britain, 564 

 conquers Anglesey, 



ih. 



expedition against 

 the Caledonians, 

 ill. 



is attacked and nearly 

 defeated by them, 

 ib. 



defeats them com- 

 pletely under Gal- 

 gacus, 567 

 recalled, 565 

 his character, ib. 

 Aix-la-Chapelle, treaty of, 



630 



Albuera, battle of, 731 

 Alexandria, battle of, 677 



surrender of, ib. 

 Allectus usurps the British 



throne, 565 

 is slain by Constantius, 



ib. 



Alliance, triple, 600 

 Almanza, battle of, 64O 

 Almeida evacuated by the 



French, 732 

 Amboyna, capture of, by the 



British, 725 

 America, disputes respecting, 



630 

 campaign in, of 1 754, 



631 

 successes of the French 



in, ib. 



disputes with, 639 

 declared in a state of 



rebellion, 640 

 prepares for war, ib. 

 petitions for peace, 



641 



attempts to effect a 

 reconciliation with, 

 642 



declares her indepen- 

 dence, 643 

 campaign in, of 1776, 



643 

 concessions held out 



to, 646 



peace with, 652 

 conduct of, respecting 

 the Berlin decree, 

 and British orders 

 in council, 688 



Amien . p, i. of, signed, 



675 

 Anilero, St, taken by the 



French, ', 

 Andre, Major, executed by 



the Americans, 649 

 Anglesey attacked by Suetoni- 

 us, 563 



Anholt, defence of, 736 

 Anne succeeds to the throne, 



616 

 proclaims war against 



France, ib. 



dismisses the Whigs 

 from her councils, 



concludes peace with 



France, 628 

 her death, ib. 

 Anson, Commodore, takes a 



Spanish giillcon, 626 

 A:_r. le denounced as a trai- 

 tor, 580 



plot for arresting, ib. 

 Earl of.tried and escapes, 



605 



invades England, 607 

 is seized and executed, 



ib. 



Aspcrn, battle of, 704 

 Aughrim, battle of, 613 

 Aulus Didius appointed go- 

 vernor of Britain, 563 

 Aulus Plautius invades Bri- 

 tain, 562 



Austerlitz, battle of, 677 

 Austria overrun by theFrench 



ib. 

 compelled to makepeace, 



ib. 

 Averstadt, battle of, 682 



B 



Badajos taken by the French, 



730 

 siege of, by the British, 



731 



unsuccessful attempt of 



the allies to storm, 732 



the siege of, raised, ib. 



Balmcrino, Lord, trial of, .576 



Baltic, expedition to the, 615 



Banda, capture of, by the 



British, 725 



Bank of England discontinue 

 their payments in 

 specie, 665 

 solvency of the, en- 

 quired into by a se- 

 lect committee, ib. 

 state of its finances in 



1797, 666 

 Barcelona besieged, 617 



occupied by French 



troops, 690 



Barebones parliament assem- 

 bled, &c. 594 

 Barrosa, battle of. 729 



Roads, French fleet 



in.i' I.ordt'och- 



r.inr, 

 Batavia tnkcn by the British, 



735, 7H6 



Baylen, battle of, 693 

 lUivnnne, meeting of the roy- 

 al family of Spain at, 691 

 Bclhaven, Lord, his speech 



on the union, 620 

 ilirs of grief, 621 

 Bellcislc surrenders to the 



British, :U 

 Berbice taken by the English, 



650 

 Berg, Dnkcof, made viceroy 



nf .Spain, fi!H 

 Berlin occupied by the French 



oat 



decrees issued at, 688,688 

 Bcresfiird, Sir W., ii> 



the French at Albuera, 731 

 Berwick, pacification at, 577 

 Blake defeats the Dutch Heel, 



.W5 

 burns the Spanish fleet 



at SantaCruz, ib. 

 Blaney, Lord, expedition un- 

 der', fails, 725 

 Blenheim, battle of, 617 

 Blucher, General, resists the 



French, 6S2 

 Bonaparte advances nearly to 



Vienna, 667 

 conducts the expedi- 

 tion to Egypt, 668 

 his successes in Egypt, 



669 



invades Syria, 671 

 is defeated at Acre by 

 Sir Sydney Smith, ib. 

 escapes from Kgypt, 



to France, ib. 

 is chosen first consul 

 of the French re- 

 public, 672 

 offers peace to Bri- 

 tain, ib. 

 defeats the Austriuns 



at Marengo, ill. 

 makes peace with Ger- 

 many, ib. 



his aggressions after 

 the peace ofAmiens, 

 676 



seizes upon Switzer- 

 land, ib. 

 advances to Berlin, 



682 



issues the Berlin de- 

 cree, ib. 

 his views respecting 



Spain, 6S6 

 demands the renunci- 

 ation of the Spanish 

 crown, 691 

 compels Ferdinand to 



tt^ii;M, ib. 



marches with a new 

 army into Spain, 697 



Boqaparte purei" 



Moore's an 

 defeat* the Arihiluki 



Charles, 703 

 is defeated at the bat- 



Aiprril, 7IH 



enters into an . 

 ticu with the Aus- 

 triuns, ih. 

 Boscavrcn, Admiral, dcfcati 



the French fleet, 

 Boston, tumults at, KM, 839 

 mob at, on the arrival 

 of the tea ships, 639 

 blockaded, (ill 

 abandoned by the Bri- 

 tish, HI.' ' 

 Boulogne flotilla defeated, 



736 

 Bourbon, capture of, ' 



British, 725 

 Boyne, battle of, 613 

 Braddock, General, killed, 



631 

 Brand, Mr, his speech on the 



Catholic claims, 719 

 Brandywine, battle at the-, 



645 



Breda, treaty of, 600 

 Bridport, Lord, defeats the 



French, 6fi:{ 

 Bristol, Earl of, committed 



to the Tower. ,i70 

 Britain invaded by the Ro- 

 mans, ,*> .1 



left by the Romans, 566 

 Britons revolt against the 



Romans, 564 

 defeated by Suetonius,. 



ib. 



apply for aid to the Sax- 

 ons, 566 

 account of, by Strabo, 



.>(> I 



Brooklyn, battle of, 613 

 Brunswick, Duke of, advan- 

 towards Paris, 

 659 

 his progress checked 



by Dumourier, > 

 Buckingham, Duke of. 

 character, ,}:,!! 

 'mated, 57V 

 Buenos Ayres taken by the 



British, 680 

 retaken by the S|i. 



niard -. ih. 

 attacked !>v General 



iuckc, 684 

 Bullion committee, report of 



the. 



Bunkers Hill, battle of, 6U 

 Burdett, Sir Francis, com- 

 mitted to thrT 

 713 



.in action 



the speaker of the 

 House of Commun*. 

 715 





