Excerpt from An Impartial Representation of the Conduct of the Several Powers of Europe, Engaged in the Late General War, Vol. 3 of 4: Including a Particular Account of All the Military and Naval Operations; From the Commencement of Hostilities Between the Crowns of Great Britain and Spain, in 1739, to the Conclusion of the General Treaty of Pacification at Aix La Chapelle, in 1748 State of the commerce, maritime force, and na tural and acquiredinterefis, of Great Britain and France, relative 'to both nations. Pro clamations to encourage the Britifh cruizers, and rivateers. Sir'charles'hardy, and, the floreliiips for Admiral Mathews, detained at Lifbon, by the roaich Of the 'breft {qua dron. Junction 0 the auxiliary twenty Dutch (hips' of war, with' Sir. John Balchen'; their expedition tmdifengage sir.charles Hardy; and the wreck Of the Britifh admiral, in the Vietory man Of war. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.