Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . er warfare, and he was killed and his troopsrouted. Fortunately for England, France, as the ally of Austria,was soon engaged in a war with Prussia that prevented her fromgiving proper attention to her American possessions. A famous William Pittstatesman, the elder Pitt,^ was now at the head of the English Chatham)ministry. He was able not only to succor the hard-pressed king I So called to distinguish him from his son, prime minister later. 434 Medieval an
Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . er warfare, and he was killed and his troopsrouted. Fortunately for England, France, as the ally of Austria,was soon engaged in a war with Prussia that prevented her fromgiving proper attention to her American possessions. A famous William Pittstatesman, the elder Pitt,^ was now at the head of the English Chatham)ministry. He was able not only to succor the hard-pressed king I So called to distinguish him from his son, prime minister later. 434 Medieval and Modem Times Dupleix andClive inIndia of Prussia with money and men, but also to support the militiaof the thirteen American coloriies in their attacks upon theFrench. The French forts at Ticonderoga and Niagara weretaken; Quebec was won in Wolfes heroic attack, 1759; andthe next year all Canada submitted to the English. Englandssupremacy on the sea was demonstrated by three admirals,each of whom destroyed a French fleet. In India conflicts between the French and the English hadoccurred during the War of the Austrian Succession. The. Fii3. 118. Quebec Wolfes army climbed the cliff (over 300 feet high) to the west of the city (left of the picture) and fought there on the plain known as the Heights of Abraham governor of the French station of Pondicherry was Dupleix,a soldier of great energy, who proposed to drive out the Eng-lish and firmly establish the power of France over chances of success were greatly increased by the quarrelsamong the native rulers, some of whom belonged to the earlierHindu inhabitants and some to the Mohammedan Mongolianswho had conquered India in 1526. Dupleix had very fewFrench soldiers, but he began the enlistment of the natives, a
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