es war for Silesia, 17, 23, 24, 36;
joins the league of armed neutrality, 208;
aggressive policy under Joseph II., 297-298;
war with Turks, 325-326;
agreement with Prussia against revolution in France, 334;
war with France, 334, 337;
joins the first coalition, 340;
aims of, 351, 361;
renews hostilities, 374;
losses in Italy, 380;
peace with France, 390, 397;
joins second coalition, 423;
deserts it, 440.

Austrian Netherlands, plan of exchange 297, 349, 351;
revolt of, 325, 326;
French party in, 331;
French invasion of, 336, 337;
occupation of, 342;
French evacuate, 349;
French conquest of, 360-363;
surrender of proposed, 383;
emperor surrenders, 397;
Belgium ceded to France, 440.

Bacon, John, sculptor, 263.

Bahama islands, 217, 243.

Bakewell, Robert, grazier, 275.

Ballinamuck, battle of, 414.

Baltimore (U.S.A.), 168, 225.

Bank of England, suspension of cash payments, 387, 388;
grants a loan, 435.

Banks, Sir Joseph, 263.

Barbadoes, 199, 227.

Barras, Comte de, 224.

Barre, Isaac, colonel, 52, 59, 107, 117, 130, 139, 238, 240, 253.

Barri, Madame du, 114.

Barrier treaty (1713), 297.

Barrington, Samuel, admiral, 195, 202.

Barrington, Viscount (Barrington), 20, 35;
secretary at war, 68, 96, 153.

Basle, treaty between Prussia and France signed at, 374.

Bass, George, 264.

Bastia, captured by British, 363.

Bastille, fall of the, 316.

Bath, Earl of (Pulteney), 16.

Bathurst, Earl (previously Lord Apsley); lord chancellor, 115;
lord president of council, 203.

Bavaria, Elector of, subsidiary treaty between Great Britain and, 436.
See Austrian Netherlands for plan of exchange.

Baxar, battle of, 78.

Beaufoy, Henry, M.P., 295.

Beaumarchais, dramatist, 182.

Beckford, William, alderman, 32, 76, 100, 107, 110, 111;
death of, 116, 260.

Bedford, Duke of (Russell), 8, 26, 31;
privy seal, 32-34;
ambassador at Paris, 38, 44, 46-48;
lord president of the council, 49, 52, 65-67, 89, 100, 274, 359.

Belgium. See Austrian Netherlands.

Belle Ile, capture of, 15, 23, 24, 26, 40.

Bennington, battle at, 177.

Beresford, John, 369, 370.

Bergues, 353.

Bernard, Sir Francis, governor of Massachusetts, 82, 88;
recalled, 91.

Bewick, John, 263.

Bewick, Thomas, 263.

Bill of Rights Society, 104.

Birmingham riots. See Riots.

Black, Joseph, 263.

Blackstock, battle at, 221.

Blackstone, Sir Willi