A History of the Reign of Queen Anne

by John Hill Burton

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880. ... CHAPTER X. War in Spain. (Continued)) Galway In Command--Peterborough Arrives And Throws Novelty Into The War Thwarted In Desire To Seize Madrid--Siege Of Barcelona--Seizure Of The Separate Fort Of Montjuich--Characteristics Of Peterborough--Capitulation Of Barcelona--Peterborough Writes To The Queen His Triumphal Progress Into Valencia Peterborough's Impetuosity And German Serenity--The Theatrical Nature And Futile Results Of Peterbor-' Ough's Tactics--Efforts To Recover Barcelona--PeterBorough EFFECTS A RELIEF HIS POSITION AND CONDUCT As A Naval Officer The Miguelites Capture Of Alicant--Peterborough's Personal Adventures--The War As Told In The 'memoirs Of Captain Carleton.' The recall of Schomberg, and the arrival of the gallant Huguenot, De Rouvigny, Lord of Galway, brought light and hope to the anxious English ambassador at Lisbon.1 It seemed to impart to him cheerful views even of the condition of the Portuguese army. "The King of Portugal is gone this day from Coimbra, and by a letter I received from my son, of the 8th, he seems to think that things are better disposed for the provision of the army, and to be fully assured that the army now on the frontier, when joined by our six weak battalions, will be upwards of twenty thousand effective men; and by the accounts of our officers who are now there, the foot are very good men and under pretty good discipline. My Lord Galway intending to go to the King of Portugal in two or three days, you will soon have a more satisfactory account." If by the term "satisfactory," distinctness only was anticipated, the anticipation was closely fulfilled by Galway's concise denunciation both of officers and men as worthless.1 1 "The safe arrival of my Lord Galway yesterday is so great an incident in our affairs, and...

98 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1880

About the author

John Hill Burton FRSE was a Scottish advocate, historian and economist. The author of Life and Correspondence of David Hume, he was secretary of the Scottish Prison Board (1854–77), and Historiographer Royal (1867 - 1881).

He was a contributor to Blackwood's Magazine and other periodicals, and in 1846 published a life of David Hume, which attracted considerable attention, and was followed by Lives of Lord Lovat and Lord President Forbes. He began his career as a historian by the publication in 1853 of History of Scotland from the Revolution to the Extinction of the last Jacobite Insurrection, to which he added (1867–70) History of Scotland from Agricola's Invasion to the Revolution, in 7 vols., thus completing a continuous narrative. Subsequently, he published a History of the Reign of Queen Anne (1880). He was one of the first historians to introduce the principles of historical research into the study and writing of the history of Scotland.

Other works of a lighter kind were The Book-Hunter (1862), and The Scot Abroad (1864).