William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, and the growth and division of the British Empire, 1708-1778; . he situation was perilous for England,not only because she had lost Minorca and wasthreatened in India and America, but because in thebeginning of this war a strange timidity and hesita-tion affected her officers. The temper of the twonations on the eve of the struggle is reflected in thefamous prophecy of Chesterfield, and in the opinionof one who knew much of France. Whoever is in,or whoever is out, I am sure we are undone both athome and abroad, wrote Chesterfield, we are nolonger a nation. I neve
William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, and the growth and division of the British Empire, 1708-1778; . he situation was perilous for England,not only because she had lost Minorca and wasthreatened in India and America, but because in thebeginning of this war a strange timidity and hesita-tion affected her officers. The temper of the twonations on the eve of the struggle is reflected in thefamous prophecy of Chesterfield, and in the opinionof one who knew much of France. Whoever is in,or whoever is out, I am sure we are undone both athome and abroad, wrote Chesterfield, we are nolonger a nation. I never yet saw so dreadful a pros-pect. On the other hand. Sir Andrew Mitchell re-ported from M. de Knyphausen that the Frenchdesigned an attack on Madras, and were sendingmore troops to America. When I hinted thatthere were vast designs to be executed in the Eastand West Indies at the same time by the French,who were not yet masters of the sea, he answered, They are so flushed with the conquest of Port Ma-hon, and their successes in North America, that theyare capable of undertaking anything.*. \.
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