Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . ossessions in Indiaadvised retreat, but Clive was determined to take therisk. The result was a decisive victory, the army ofthe Nabob flying in confusion from the field. The battleof Plassey gave the British control of the rich and fertileprovince of Bengal, and enormously extended their powerand influence. While CHve was fighting in Bengal, theFrench tried once more to regain a foothold in India, buttheir dreams of dominion were brought to an end by
Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . ossessions in Indiaadvised retreat, but Clive was determined to take therisk. The result was a decisive victory, the army ofthe Nabob flying in confusion from the field. The battleof Plassey gave the British control of the rich and fertileprovince of Bengal, and enormously extended their powerand influence. While CHve was fighting in Bengal, theFrench tried once more to regain a foothold in India, buttheir dreams of dominion were brought to an end by thedefeat of their forces at the battle of Wandewash and thecapture of Pondicherry in 1761. 226. The war in Europe.—In the same year that Quebecwas captured, two splendid victories in Europe, the one onthe land, the other on the sea, had wiped out the disgracesof the last few years. In 1759 the French determined tostrike a double blow at Britain by invading the countiy andby conquering Hanover. For this purpose eighteen thousandmen were gathered at Brest, ready to embark under theescort of the French fleet, and an army of fifty thousand. 226 HISTORY OF ENGLAND [1759 men was marched against Hanover. This latter force wasmet at Minden, in Prussia, by a combined British and Han-overian army of forty thousand men, and completely project to invade Britain was also a failure. AdmiralHawke, who had been for some time watching the Frenchfleet, but had allowed them to escape him, came up withthem in Quiberon Bay, among the rocks and shoals off theFrench coast. Nothing daunted, he determined to there is passage for the enemy, there is passagefor me; where a Frenchman can sail, an Englishman canfollow; their pilot shall be our pilot; if they go to pieceson the shoals, they will serve as beacons for us; their perilsshall be our perils. Two British vessels were wrecked, butthe French fleet was ruined. The Frenchmen turned like a covey down the windWhen Hawke came s
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