ABSTRACT
In July 1794, Pitt could finally face Britain and the world with the spectacle of full coalition achieved with the Duke of Portland, it was doubtless hoped that advantageous results would follow abroad and at home. The Belgian, Dutch and German populations concerned showed little enthusiasm for the fight against the Jacobin “monsters” to which their princes had summoned them. At home, the new coalition, invincibly strong though it appeared from the politicians’ point of view, had to face disappointments and setbacks as grave as those that overtook it abroad. One of the most damaging of the early blows it received came from the highly curious revelations made at the Edinburgh High Treason trial of September 3rd. Amid many chagrins, that included the inevitable military misfortunes and a popular restlessness taking varied and troublesome forms, Ministers could, at least, congratulate themselves on having kept their Coalition together.
