The life and letters of James Wolfe . H W H O H rt t2 o ^ o K r/5 En f=l O J ? A -)H ft?. W fe J C5 <^ SS ss AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION 17 to be taken seriously. And with such seriousness did he set abouthis duties as to attract the attention of his superiors ahnost fromthe moment of his entrance into the army. A Continental war in which England should participate hadbeen for some time brewing. In October 1740, when Wolfe wasbeing sent home sick from the Solent, news had reached Englandof the death of the Emperor Charles VI. Thereupon his daughterMaria Theresas title to his estates was disputed by
The life and letters of James Wolfe . H W H O H rt t2 o ^ o K r/5 En f=l O J ? A -)H ft?. W fe J C5 <^ SS ss AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION 17 to be taken seriously. And with such seriousness did he set abouthis duties as to attract the attention of his superiors ahnost fromthe moment of his entrance into the army. A Continental war in which England should participate hadbeen for some time brewing. In October 1740, when Wolfe wasbeing sent home sick from the Solent, news had reached Englandof the death of the Emperor Charles VI. Thereupon his daughterMaria Theresas title to his estates was disputed by the Elector ofBavaria, the Pragmatic Sanction flouted by the chief powers ofEurope, and her dominions insolently invaded by an able andambitious prince who had lately succeeded to the Prussian first result of Fredericks victories in Silesia Avas to betraythe weakness of the Austrian monarchy and to encourage othernations to share in the spoils. But there were those who regardedAvith a chivalrous interest the young Queen of Hungary and wereready to support her claims, and a
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