CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVI
Commencement of the Eighteenth Century, to the Peace of Utrecht. THE declining health of Charles II., king of Spain, who had no children…
CHAPTER XVI: French
The emperor Leopold being determined to support the claims of his son, war immediately commenced, and an army was sent into Italy, where he…
CHAPTER XVI: France
Anne, second daughter of James II. and wife of George, prince of Denmark, immediately ascended the vacant throne; and, declaring her…
CHAPTER XVI: English
Among other great exploits of the war was the capture of Gibraltar by admiral Sir George Rooke and the prince of Hesse. This fortress…
CHAPTER XVI: England
The expenses of a war so wholly unproductive to England had by this time exhausted the patience of the nation; and a change had taken place…