William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, and the growth and division of the British Empire, 1708-1778; . ced steadily and on August 30th,Apraxin won the victory of Jaegersdorf. Meantime, the French had advanced under Mar-shal DEstrees, and on July 26th Cumberland wasdefeated at Hastenbeck, and nearly the whole ofHanover and Brunswick was overrun by the was suggested that nine thousand men in readinessat Chatham should be sent to Cumberland, but Pittsuccessfully opposed this. Richelieu, who displacedDEstrees, could not but overpower Cumberland,and on September 8th, the famous convention ofKlost
William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, and the growth and division of the British Empire, 1708-1778; . ced steadily and on August 30th,Apraxin won the victory of Jaegersdorf. Meantime, the French had advanced under Mar-shal DEstrees, and on July 26th Cumberland wasdefeated at Hastenbeck, and nearly the whole ofHanover and Brunswick was overrun by the was suggested that nine thousand men in readinessat Chatham should be sent to Cumberland, but Pittsuccessfully opposed this. Richelieu, who displacedDEstrees, could not but overpower Cumberland,and on September 8th, the famous convention ofKloster-Severn was arranged, by which it was agreedthat the auxiliary troops from Hesse, Brunswick, andSaxe-Gotha should return to their respective coun-tries, while the Hanoverian army retired beyond theElbe. The effect of this agreement was to leaveHanover to the French, and to free the French armyfor aggression against Frederick. Cumberland hadno choice but to make this agreement, and eventual-ly it proved of great advantage to the Anglo-Prus-sian cause, but it was regarded by Frederick as a. • i^oM^jiu^-, ItOBEKT LORD CXIVE 1761] Pitts War Mmistry. 119 base surrender. The Duke was recalled, and theKing received him with open contempt. When theKing declared that he had given Cumberland no or-ders for such a treaty, Pitt replied : ** But full pow-ers, Sir, very full powers. * It was an act of greatmagnanimity to offer any defence for the man whohad been his avowed enemy, but there can be nodoubt that Cumberland was harshly treated. KingGeorge had for some time dallied with the tempta-tion of an Hanoverian neutrality, and on Augustnth had sent to his son full powers to conclude aseparate peace or neutrality on behalf of the Elector-ate. These powers were given by the King as Elec-tor, and were technically no concern of the BritishMinisters. The situation created by the conven-tion was however a matter of direct British concern,as Frederick in plain terms remonstrated against thep
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