️ Complete the following sentence: Between 1746 and 1748 Pitt worked closely with Newcastle in formulating British military and diplomatic strategy. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk> Pitt was personally saddened when his friend and brother-in-law Thomas Grenville was killed at the naval
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