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Headword Date Article Type
Sir Cloudesley Shovell bombards Calais 1696 Topics
French privateer Jean Bart takes a Dutch convoy on the Dogger Bank 1696 Topics
Robert Harley proposes reducing the size of the British Army 1697 Topics Short note
The size of the British army is drastically reduced 1699 Topics Short note
Earl of Marlborough becomes Captain-General of the English armed forces 1702 Topics Short note
Cleland, John 1709 - 1789 People
Carver, Jonathan 1710 - 1780 People
Duke of Marlborough is dismissed as Commander-in-Chief 1711 Topics Short note
Frederick the Great 1712 - 1786 People
Admiral Byng defeats Spain off Cape Passaro 1718 Topics Short note
Memoirs of a Cavalier; or A Military Journal of the Wars in Germany, and the Wars in England. From the Years 1632 to 1648 (Daniel Defoe) 1720 Works
Burgoyne, John 1722 - 1792 People
John, Duke of Marlborough, dies 1722 Topics Short note
Treaty of Charlottenburg between Britain and Prussia 1723 Topics Short note
Britain engages Hessian mercenaries for the defence of Hanover 1727 Topics Short note
Washington, George 1732 - 1799 People
Villars and Chauvelin urge a French alliance with Spain against England 1732 Topics Short note
Conscription is introduced in Prussia 1733 Topics Short note
Crèvecoeur, J. Hector St John de 1735 - 1813 People
Dow, Alexander 1735 - 1779 People

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