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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 8: (search)
d only a vague promise of every effort to procure the objects in which Spain was interested. Efface the difference, answered Montmorin, and employ the same expressions for both stipulations. The Spanish minister caught at the unwary offer, and in this way it was agreed that peace should not be made without the restoration of Gibraltar. Fired Chap. VIII.} 1779. by the prospect which now opened before him, the king of Spain pictured to himself Court of Spain to the court of France, 26 Feb., 1779. the armies of France breaking in upon the English at their firesides; and Florida Blanca said to Montmorin: The news of the rupture must become known to the world by a landing in England. With union, secrecy, and firmness, we shall be able to put our enemies under our feet; but no decisive blow can be struck at the English except in England itself. Vergennes to Montmorin, 19 March, 1779. All this time the Spanish minister avoided fixing the epoch for joint active measures. Towa