A brief Autograph Letter Signed ‘Marlborough’, saying that the powder and mantlets have arrived by MARLBOROUGH, Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke

London: printed for A. Millar in the Strand, 1758. 1st Edition. Disbound. SEVEN YEARS' WAR / FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR (1754-1763) BOOK First edition. 5 x 8 inches. (1), [5]-116p. Disbound. Pp. 62-63 omitted in paging; despite pagination text is continuous. Printed signatures on p.64 of Marlborough. George Sackville. John Waldegrave. These were the General Officers Appointed to Inquire into Causes of Failure of the Rochefort Expedition, 1757. His Majesty's Warrant directing the said Inquiry, Appendix containing the Papers referred to in the said Report.ESTC T44729Full tittle: The report of the general officers, appointed By his Majesty's Warrant of the First of November 1757, to inquire into the causes of the failure of the late expedition to the coasts of France. To which is prefixed, A Copy of his Majesty's Warrant directing the said Inquiry. With an appendix, containing the papers referred to in the said report. Published by authority. The Raid on Rochefort (or Descent on Rochefort) was a British… Read More

London: Printed for A.Millar, 1758., 1758. 8vo. pp. 116. disbound. First Edition.
The failure of the expedition against the French Atlantic port of Rochefort in September 1757 during the Seven Years’ War led to the court-martial of commanding officer Sir John Mordaunt. Despite intense public pressure for a guilty verdict, Mordaunt was acquitted by the court which reasoned that the mission had been ill-conceived. The verdict infuriated George II and laid the blame for the abortive mission on Prime Minister William Pitt. Costing roughly a million pounds the expedition was likened by Henry Fox to "breaking windows with guineas".