The campaign of 1759 was opened with great caution by the allies.Continuing The Seven Years War,with a selection by Wolfgang Menzel.Previously
Seven Years’ War – 2
The Austrians had meanwhile gained great advantages to the rear of the Prussian army, had beaten the King's favorite, General Winterfeld, at Moys in
The Seven Years War
This series has nine easy 5 minute installments.IntroductionIn the Seven Years' War Prussia stood practically alone against the united strength
Reign of Catherine the Great – 6
Today's installment concludes Reign of Catherine the Great,our selection by W. Knox Johnson.If you have journeyed through all of the
Reign of Catherine the Great – 5
Yet here were these declaimers threatening to overrun Europe, and "Equality setting peoples at the throats of kings!"Continuing Reign of Catherine
Reign of Catherine the Great – 4
But her attention soon became diverted. She was not, as Gunning thought, insincere, only fickle; she wanted patience and continuity of
Reign of Catherine the Great – 3
Such was the tragedy of Peter III. He dies, as Catherine said, unpitied: a fool, echo her friends, who perished in his folly.Continuing Reign of
Reign of Catherine the Great – 2
After Voltaire and Madame de Sévigné, came Montesquieu, Baronius, Tacitus, Bayle, Brantôme, and the early volumes of the Encyclopædia.Continuing
Reign of Catherine the Great
This series has six easy 5 minute installments.Introduction"No sovereign since Ivan the Terrible," says Rambaud, "extended the frontiers of the