William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, and the growth and division of the British Empire, 1708-1778; . \.. CHAPTER IV. PITTS WAR WHEN Pitt resumed office, the diplomaticpreparations of Europe were complete,and it was possible to compute the strengthof the two opposing sides. Frederick, in his justifi-cation of the invasion of Saxony, had inaccurately-asserted that a combination existed with the objectof partitioning his kingdom. At the time when theinvasion was made, the alliance between France andAustria was purely defensive, and Louis had notagreed to join the extensive scheme of
William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, and the growth and division of the British Empire, 1708-1778; . \.. CHAPTER IV. PITTS WAR WHEN Pitt resumed office, the diplomaticpreparations of Europe were complete,and it was possible to compute the strengthof the two opposing sides. Frederick, in his justifi-cation of the invasion of Saxony, had inaccurately-asserted that a combination existed with the objectof partitioning his kingdom. At the time when theinvasion was made, the alliance between France andAustria was purely defensive, and Louis had notagreed to join the extensive scheme of Maria The-resa and the Czarina Elizabeth. It was the invasionof Saxony which determined the French King toadopt an offensive alliance. The daughter of theSaxon King, Augustus III., was the wife of theDauphin, while France had guaranteed Saxony atthe great settlement of Westphalia. Fredericks in-sult to so close an ally of France induced Louis toaccede at last to the plan of partition which MariaTheresa, Elizabeth, and the Pompadour so ardentlydesired. The Russian and Hungarian sovereigns 103
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