Invasion of Holland by Dumouriez--He is defeated at Neerwinden and goes over to the Enemy--Second Partition of Poland--The Campaign in the Netherlands--And on the Rhine--The English Fleets in the Channel and West Indies--Siege of Toulon--First appearance of Napoleon Buonaparte--Fall of Lyons--The Reign of Terror--Insurrection in La Vendée--Its brutal Suppression--Worship of the Goddess of Reason--Opposition to the War in England--Prosecutions for Sedition--Trials in Scotland--Discussions on the subject in Parliament--Arrests of Horne Tooke, Thelwall, Hardy, and others--Battle of the First of June--The War in the West Indies--Annexation of Corsica--The Campaign of 1794--The Prussian Subsidy--Successes of Pichegru against the Austrians--The Struggle for the Sambre--Loss of Belgium--Danger of Holland--The War in the South--The Reign of Terror continues--The Festival of the Supreme Being--Death of Robespierre and his Associates--The Thermidorians--Final extinction of Poland--The Portland Whigs join the Ministry--Trials of Hardy, Horne Tooke, and their Associates--Opening of Parliament--The Budget--Attempts at Reform--Marriage of the Prince of Wales--His Allowance--The French occupy Holland--It becomes a Republic--Prussia and Spain leave the Coalition, but the War continues--Campaigns on the Rhine and in Italy--The War in La Vendée and in Brittany--The Expedition from England planned--Destruction of the Expedition at Quibéron--Extinction of the War in La Vendée--Establishment of the Directory--Attack on George the Third--The Budget--Pitt's first Negotiations for Peace--Failure of Lord Malmesbury's Mission--Successes in the West Indies and Africa--Expedition to Bantry Bay--The Campaign of 1796--Retreat of the French--Napoleon's Italian Campaign--The Battles of Arcole--A new British Loan--Suspension of Cash Payments--Grievances of the Seamen--Mutiny at Portsmouth--Its Pacification--Mutiny at the Nore--Descent on the Welsh Coast--Campaign of 1797--Preliminaries of Leoben--Treaty of Campo Formio--Lord Malmesbury's Mission to Lille 418
Sympathy in Ireland for the French Revolution--Intrigues with the French--Attitude of the Roman Catholics--Failure of Fitzwilliam's Efforts at Reform--Open Rebellion begins--The Mission of Fitzgerald and O'Connor to France--Disclosure of the Conspiracy--Arrest of Fitzgerald and his Confederates--Outbreak of the Rebellion--Battle of Vinegar Hill--Arrival of Humbert's Expedition--Its brief Success and Surrender--Suicide of Wolfe Tone--Desire of France to invade England--Napoleon advises the Expedition to Egypt--He gives Nelson the slip--His gigantic Projects--Surrender of Malta--Nelson's Pursuit--Napoleon's Campaign--Battle of the Pyramids--Surrender of Cairo--Battle of the Nile (or Aboukir Bay)--Pitt's second Coalition--The Income Tax--Projected Union of Great Britain and Ireland--Proclamation of the Parthenopean Republic--Italy regained by the Coalition--Suppression of the Revolution in Naples--The Allies in Holland--Napoleon's March into Syria--His Defeat at Acre--Battle of Aboukir--Napoleon returns to France--_Coup d'État_ of the 18th Brumaire--Death of Tippoo Sahib--Napoleon's Letter to the King--The Union with Ireland--Means by which it was carried--Its Reception in England--Napoleon crosses the Alps--Battle of Marengo--The French recover Lombardy--Battle of Hohenlinden--Treaty of Lunéville--Corn Riots--Breach with Russia--Pitt's Resignation--The King's Illness--The Addington Ministry--Revival of the Armed Neutrality--Battle of Copenhagen--Peace between Britain and the Northern Powers--The Expedition to Egypt--Battle of Alexandria--Evacuation of Egypt by the French--Negotiations for Peace--Treaty of Amiens 460