Even a French attack upon the Austrian possessions of Lorrai
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- The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers whole source · open book
Even a French attack upon the Austrian possessions of Lorraine and Milan in 1733, and a French move into the Rhineland, failed to provoke a British reaction. Unable to obtain any support from the isolationist Walpole and the frightened Dutch, Vienna was forced to negotiate with Paris for the compromise peace of 1738.
chapter: The Winning of Wars, 1660–1763