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Treaty of Aix-la-chapelle,
A treaty between Great Britain, France, Holland, Germany, Spain, and Greece; signed by the representatives of these respective powers on Oct. 18 (N. S.), 1748.
By it the treaties of Westphalia (1648), of Nimeguen (1678-79), of Ryswick (1697), of Utrecht (1713), of Baden (1714), of the Triple Alliance (1717), of the Quadruple Alliance (1718), and of Vienna (1738), were renewed and confirmed.
It was fondly hoped this treaty would insure a permanent peace for Europe.
It was, however, only a truce between France and England, contending for dominion in America.
The English regarded as encroachments the erection by the French of about twenty forts, besides block-houses and tradingposts, within claimed English domain.
So while Acadia (q. v.) furnished one field for hostilities between the two nations, the country along the lakes and in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys furnished another.
Wasp, the
An American sloop-of-war of eighteen guns, built in Washington, D. C., in 1806.
On Oct. 13, 1812, under command of Capt. Jacob Jones, thoroughly manned and equipped, carrying sixteen 32-pounder carronades and two long 12-pounders, with two small brass cannon in her tops, she left the Delaware on a cruise.
She was considered one of the fastest sailers in the service, and was furnished with 135 men and boys.
She ran off towards the West Indies, and, on the night of Oct. 18, Jones saw several vessels, and ran parallel with them until the dawn, when he discovered that it was a fleet of armed merchant-vessels convoyed by the British sloop-of-war Frolic, Capt. T. Whinyates, mounting sixteen 32-pounder carronades, two long 6-pounders, and two 12-pounder carronades on her forecastle.
She was manned by a crew of 108 persons.
the Frolic took a position for battle so as to allow the merchantmen to escape during the fight.
A severe engagement began at 10.30 A. M. Within fiv