A History of the British Army, Vol. 2 First Part—to the Close of the Seven Years' War
CHAPTER XI
Rise of Lord Bute to power 535
Trouble with Spain; Pitt advocates War 536
Resignation of Pitt; Bute compelled to Declare War 536
The Expedition against Martinique 537
Fall of Martinique, Grenada, St. Vincent and St. Lucia 541
Expedition to Havanna 541
Mortality among the Troops 543
Expedition to Manilla 544
The War in Portugal 545
Burgoyne and the Sixteenth Light Dragoons 546
Ferdinand's Last Campaign 547
The Position of Wilhelmsthal 548
Action of Wilhelmsthal 549
The Race for Cassel 553
Position of the opposing Armies in the Ohm 554
Action of the Brückemühle 555
Fall of Cassel; Conclusion of the War 557
Ferdinand of Brunswick 557
His Difficulties with the British Troops 558