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The Daily Dispatch: November 15, 1860., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
d to France and Spain; but France was, at the time, in expectation of making great conquests in the West Indies, and Spain could not resign her hope of regaining Gibraltar. The defeat, however, of Count De Grasse by Admiral Rodney, and the repulse of the great attack upon Gibraltar by General Elliott, caused all parties to lower tGibraltar by General Elliott, caused all parties to lower their tone. All had suffered severely; Great Britain by losses in the West Indies, and the destruction of a whole army at Yorktown, France by Rodney's victory and disasters in the East Indies, and Spain by the destruction of the enormous armament she had prepared against Gibraltar.--All were exhausted by the prodigious efforts theyGibraltar.--All were exhausted by the prodigious efforts they had made, and all were anxious for peace. Under such circumstances, the British ministry sent commissioners to Paris to treat for peace. The basis was the acknowledgment of American independence. That was all that France had taken up arms for, and that being obtained she had no pretext for continuing the war. The American Commi