REPORT OF THE GENERAL OFFICERS, appointed by his Majesty's Warrant of the First of November 1757, to inquire into the Causes of the Failure of the late Expedition to the Coasts of France.
To which is prefixed, A Copy of his Majesty's Warrant directing the said Inquiry. With an Appendix, containing the Papers referred to in the said Report. Published by Authority. Pp. 116; post 8vo; twentieth century qr. brown paper, spine with lighter brown paper title label lettered and decorated in black, grey/green papered boards, a trifle marked; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, fore-corners of title page slightly worn, a little light foxing and soiling; printed for A. Millar, London, 1758. First edition. ESTC T44729. *In September 1757 England dispatched to the French port of Rochefort an expedition of 31 ships of war and 49 transports carrying 10 battalions of soldiers. In October, the expedition commander, Sir John Mordaunt cancelled the operation and sailed for home. A board of inquiry was convened under the auspices of Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough, George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, and John Waldegrave, 3rd Earl Waldegrave. Following the inquiry, Mordaunt was tried by court-martial, and acquitted on a technicality. Item #181099
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