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Book TitleHistory of the Late War in Germany : Between the King of Prussia, and the Empress of Germany (Classic Reprint)
Number of Pages218 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2015
TopicMilitary / General
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorHenry Lloyd
FormatTrade Paperback
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SynopsisExcerpt from The History of the Late War in Germany: Between the King of Prussia, and the Empress of Germany The French fyftem was, we think, well concerted and even great. They had then, including the militia, near men, maintained at a great expence; thefe would remain intirely ufelefs, if the war was limited to America, or even to England, for want of a marine, which could not be formed in time of war; and the lefs as we had already acquired too great a fuperiority. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works., Excerpt from The History of the Late War in Germany: Between the King of Prussia, and the Empress of Germany The first step towards accomplishing this end, was to find a means to cut off our communication with the Indians, on whose friendship the greatness of our colonies much depends. This, in the end, would naturally unite them to the French, who could furnish them with what they wanted in exchange for the different commodities of that country, and by degrees be made an instrument to drive us out of it. They begun to execute their plan by establishing a chain of forts behind our settlements, and by occupying many countries, until then, thought, at least neutral. Though they had not as yet compleated it, what was already done had such an influence on our inland trade, as made us tremble at the fatal consequences which would necessarily follow, if we did not, in time, exert ourselves and repel the injuries they intended us. Some measures, though ineffectual, were taken for that purpose, and hostilities were ordered to be committed against the French both in Europe and America. As they were not prepared sufficiently to avow their pretensions, they only opposed remonstrances and a seeming moderation to our repeated attacks. By this means they proposed to gain time, make us relax in our preparations, and render us odious to the other courts of Europe. In all which they succeeded, more or less, as the history of those times, fully evinces. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
