William Pitt, Conte di Chatham, e la crescita e la divisione dell'impero britannico, 1708-1778; . con theobject di attaccare a Rochefort. Il navale e mili-comandanti tary litigavano e il risultato totale della spedizione è stata la cattura del piccolo islandof Aix dopo un bombardamento di ore. Nessun attacco onRochefort è stato tentato, e tutta la forza di re-si è rivolta a Spithead un mese dopo la sua impostazione via.una commissione di inchiesta e di una guerra di pamphletsfollowed e Pitt ha dichiarato che il disappointmenthad spezzato il suo cuore. Egli ha mostrato il suo parere delcarrello ufficiali nel comando mediante la promozione di Wolfe, whodeclared t

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William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, and the growth and division of the British Empire, 1708-1778; . with theobject of attacking Rochefort. The naval and mili-tary commanders quarrelled, and the total result ofthe expedition was the capture of the small islandof Aix after an hours bombardment. No attack onRochefort was attempted, and the whole force re-turned to Spithead a month after its setting forth.A commission of inquiry and a war of pamphletsfollowed, and Pitt declared that the disappointmenthad broken his heart. He showed his opinion ofthe officers in command by promoting Wolfe, whodeclared that Rochefort would have been taken byfive hundred men, over a number of his seniors. Cumberland reached London from Hanover onOctober I2th, and was so angered by the Kingsreception ( Here is my son who has ruined me anddisgraced himself) that he resigned his appoint-ment as Captain-General. He was succeeded byLigonier, and Lord George Sackville was appointed * Pitt intended to take a port on the Barbary coast in place of Gib-raltar. Newcastle to Hardwicke, Aug. 9, 1757. Newcastle Papers.. MAJOR-GENERAL JAMES WOLFE. 1761] Pitts War Ministry, 123 Lieutenant-General of Ordnance. The centre ofinterest during the last months of 1757 was in Ger-many, where Frederick, after the disaster of Kolinand Jaegersdorf, was to battle gloriously against in-calculable odds. In addition to the Austrian armywhich had taken Breslau, the key of Silesia, he hadto meet Soubise, who had thirty-five thousandFrench, and Prince Hildburghausens detachment offifteen thousand Germans, under his command, whileRichelieu had been set free by the convention ofKloster-Severn. An Austrian detachment underHaddick threatened Berlin itself, and obtained alarge ransom from the city. The King was cheeredten days later by the news that England had de-cided to re-create the Hanoverian army, and torequest that Ferdinand of Brunswick might begranted by Frederick as General of the same. Thisdecision was pleasing to Frederi

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