Lally Advances upon Wandewash 462 Coote follows him; the French position 463 Coote's Manœuvres 463 Battle of Wandewash 464 Coote's Movements after the Victory 470 Siege of Pondicherry 472 Fall of Pondicherry 473 CHAPTER VIII The Establishment of the Army for 1759 475 Fifteenth Hussars raised 476 Purport of Ferdinand's Operations in Germany 477 He opens the Campaign of 1759 480 Movements of Contades and Broglie 481 Critical position of Ferdinand 482 Continued success of the French 483 Ferdinand Occupies Bremen; Contades's position at Minden 484 Ferdinand's Manœuvres before Minden 485 Their success; Battle of Minden 487 Sackville 496 Recovery of Cassel and Minden 497 Subsequent Operations 497 Close of the Campaign 498 CHAPTER IX Increase of the Army for 1760 499 Sixteenth and Seventeenth Lancers raised 500 Thurot's Descent on Carrickfergus 501 Reinforcements for Ferdinand 501 Opening of the Campaign 502 Imhoff's Disobedience mars Ferdinand's Plans 502 Defeat of the Hereditary Prince at Sachsenhausen 503 The Prince's Counter-stroke; Action of Emsdorff 504 Broglie sends De Muy to cut off Ferdinand from Westphalia 507 Action of Warburg; Defeat of De Muy 508 Evacuation of Cassel by the Allies 512 Embarrassing position of Ferdinand 513 Ferdinand makes a Diversion against Wesel 514 Action of Kloster Kampen; Defeat of the Allies 515 The Hereditary Prince and British Troops 518 Close of the Campaign 519 CHAPTER X Accession of King George III 520 Increase of the Army 521 The Expedition to Belleisle 521 The War in Germany 522 Ferdinand's Fruitless Winter March through Hesse 523