Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Papers Relating to the Loss of Minorca in 1756
The papers give a general outline of the orders issued when Minorca was reported to be threatened, followed by remarks on the situation (though there appears to be no evidence as to the author of these remarks), and extracts from the various advices received as to preparations being made in France both on sea and on shore and conclude with a summing up of the reasons that governed the policy of the Administration. The confusion produced by the simultaneous French demonstra tions in the Atlantic and Mediterranean sea ports, the movements of the troops in all parts of France.
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