1746 Complaints investigated respecting the settlement of accounts in the corps of Marines 37 ---- Contemplated expedition against Quebec 38 ---- Expedition proceeded against _Port L’Orient_ -- ---- Disembarked in Quimperlay Bay, and advanced against Plymeur -- ---- Re-embarked and sailed for Quiberon -- ---- Returned to England 39 1747 Royal Warrant issued on the 28th February, 1747, for placing the Marine Forces under the control of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty -- ---- Renewed efforts of the King of France against the British possessions in North America, and in the East Indies 40 ---- Victory over the French Fleet by Vice-Admiral Lord Anson and Rear-Admiral Sir Peter Warren, K.B., on the 3rd of May, 1747 41 ---- Another victory over the French Fleet, by Commodore Fox, in June 1747 42 ---- A further victory obtained on the 14th of October, 1747, by Admiral Sir Edward Hawke, over the French Fleet -- 1748 A fleet proceeded under Admiral Boscawen, with Marines and other troops, to attack the _Mauritius_ 43 ---- Proceeded thence to the coast of _Coromandel_ -- ---- Disembarked and marched towards _Pondicherry_ 44 1748 Obtained possession of _Arian Coupan_ 44 ---- Re-embarked after having demolished the fort of Arian Coupan -- ---- Another expedition, under Rear-Admiral Knowles, proceeded against St. Jago in Cuba 45 ---- Squadron returned to Jamaica -- ---- The King of France expressed a desire for Peace -- ---- Definitive treaty of Peace concluded at Aix-la-Chapelle on 18th October, 1748 46 ---- The ten regiments of Marines disbanded in November, 1748 -- 1755 Preparations for renewing war with France -- ---- Re-formation of the present Corps of Marines -- ---- Augmentations made in the Army and Navy -- ---- Fifty Companies of Marines, formed in Three Divisions, raised under the control of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty --