CHAP. VII.

PAGE.

Affairs of India. General View of the Reasons for restricting the Monopoly enjoyed

by the East-India Company. Sketch of the Limitations under which the Charter

was renewed by Parliament,

124

CHAP. VIII.

Spanish Affairs. Preparations made for opening the Campaign. Rapid Progress of
the Allied Armies. Battle of Vittoria,

CHAP. IX. -

Spanish Affairs continued. Rapid Progress of the Allied Armies. St Sebastian and

Pampluna invested. Digression as to the Defects of the British Army in conducting

Sieges,

t CHAP. X.

Operations of the Anglo-Sicilian Army in the East of Spain. Sir John Murray un-

dertakes the Siege of Tarragona, which he afterwards raises abruptly. Lord Wil-

liam Bentinck takes the Command of the Army,

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CHAP. XL

Spanish Affairs continued. Batties of the Pyrenees. Fall of St Sebastian-of Pam-

pluna. Invasion of France by the British Army,

CHAP. XII.

State of Affairs in the North.

Progress of the Russian Armies after the Expulsion of

the French from the Empire. Prussia joins the Alliance against France. Prepa-

rations of the French for resuming Military Operations,

CHAP. XIII.

139

158

167

185

199

Progress of the War. Buonaparte takes the Command of the French Armies. Bat-

tle of Lutzen.

mies retire, and Buonaparte enters Dresden,

Battle of Bautzen, and Retreat of the Allies.

The combined Ar-

216

CHAP. XIV.

Policy of Sweden. Dissensions betwixt that Power and France. The Swedish Go-

vernment abandons the Continental System, and joins the Alliance of the European

Powers,

CHAP. XV.

233

An Armistice concluded by the Intervention of Austria. Proposals for a Congress.

The Armistice denounced, and Austria joins the Allies. Movements of the Armies.

Success of Blucher and of the Crown Prince. Repulse of an Attack on Dresden, 248

CHAP. XVI.

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Grand Movement of the Allied Armies. Decisive Battle of Leipzig, and Rout of

the French. Their Flight to the Rhine. The Combined Armies pass the French

Frontier,

267

CHAP. XVII.

Affairs of Holland, Causes and Progress of the Revolution. Restoration of the Prince

of Orange,

283

Reflections on the Introduction of Trial by Jury, in Civil Causes, into Scotland,

302

CHRONICLE, Containing brief Accounts of the various Public Occurrences of the

Year,

APPENDIX I.-Gazettes,

II-State Papers,

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Statement of the Emperor Kea King, received at Canton, Nov. 8, 1813,

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ORIGINAL POETRY.

The Dance of Death, by Walter Scott, Esq.

Romance of Dunois,

Song, for the Anniversary Meeting of the Pitt Club of Scotland,

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The Ettricke Garland; being two excellent new Songs on the Lifting of the
Banner of the House of Buccleuch, at a great Foot-ball Match on Carterhaugh,

Helen of Kirkconnell,

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As it stood at the opening of the New Parliament, November 24, 1812: