Excerpt from The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, for the Year 1781 If the foldier finds abundant matter of entertainme'nf and obfervation in the recital of thefe events, the fiatefman and philofopher will not find let's room for ferions contemplation in the caufes and confequences of the contention. They have led to the efiablifhment of a new epocha in the hiftory of mankind they have opened the way to new fyfiems of policy; and to new arrangements of power and of commerce. To the whole Britifh nation, however difperfed in the old or in the new world, every part of the hiftory of this con tention, in all its circumflances and confequences, mufi at all times be in the higheft degree interefiing. 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.