The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1

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John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell
The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth countries

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... Minorca and to be hopeful of winning Spanish help against Gibraltar.3 In May , when at last open war was declared against France , and ominous convulsions were reported in Sweden , it became apparent that the greatest diplomatic ...
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... Minorca , setting free Toulon , and a gale which scattered our block- ading force off Brest had enabled French ... Minorca and with it the Mediterranean lost , and America itself precarious . " To win over Spain and thus regain Minorca ...
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... Minorca an expedition from Cadiz ( August 1781 ) , subsequently reinforced by 4000 Frenchmen . Minorca had only a tiny garrison under Murray , one of Wolfe's Quebec brigadiers , but it resisted stubbornly for seven months , succumbing ...

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CHAPTER I
1
CHAPTER II
22
The Newfoundland Fishery
29

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TitleThe Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1
The Cambridge History of the British Empire, John Holland Rose
EditorsJohn Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell
PublisherThe University Press, 1929
Original fromthe University of Michigan
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