This website presents our knowledge and research on this important aspect of the Royal Collection. As of April 2026 it will not be regularly updated and new research on this topic will sit within the main website.

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The Seven Years War (1756-63)

Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war

1758

      First section 1758

      The British landing at Cancale Bay, and action at Louisbourg

      Second section 1758

      The Battle of Krefeld, and British operations in Cherbourg

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