The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume IV

The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume IV - Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts.

The Conduct of the Court of Spain, tho it really made the Court of Vienna uneasy, did not hinder the Emperor from carrying on the War against the Turks with Vigour: And Heaven so prosperd the Imperial Arms, that in 1718 Prince Eugene gaind the most signal Victory near Belgrade that the Christians could have hopd for. Soon after that Battle the victorious Troops reducd Belgrade, and at length the Turks were forcd to sue for a Peace: While every Thing seemd to have a Tendency that way, Spain put to Sea the most formidable Fleet she had ever equippd since that unfortunate one calld, The Invincible Armado; 2and sent it to the Coast of Sicily, where it put a numerous Army on Shore, under Command of the Marquis de Lede. The Count de Maffei Viceroy of the Kingdom for the Duke of Savoy, who was King of Sicily, made all the Resistance possible, considering the Weakness of his Army; and tho not able to save the Island, yet he made such a Defence as hinderd the Spanish Army from pushing its Conquests farther by giving Time to Admiral Bing, who commanded the English Fleet, to enter the Mediterranean, and execute the Orders he had to attack the Spanish Fleet. These Orders imported, that he was to act in a friendly manners in case that Spain desisted from its Enterprizes against the Neutrality of Italy; but otherwise to make a vigorous Resistance. Admiral Bing communicated these Orders to Cardinal Alberoni, who answerd him gravely, That he had nothing to do but to put them in Execution. The Admiral did so with a Vengeance; for on the 11th of August he gave Battle to the Spanish Fleet, and intirely defeated it. As soon as the Duke Regent was informd of the News, he sent away a Courier to the French Ambassador at Madrid, with Letters from the Earl of Stairs to the English Ambassador Earl Stanhope. The Design of his Royal Highness was to engage the latter to return to Madrid, from whence he set out on the 27th of August, that he might make fresh Instances there for a Peace with Cardinal Alberoni, who to be sure was a little stunnd at this Reverse of Fortune. But the Earl, whether he did not meet the Courier, or whether he did not think it proper to return to Spain, arrivd at Paris on the 9th of September. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 38519
Author: Pöllnitz, Karl Ludwig
Release Date: Jan 7, 2012
Format: eBook
Language: English