The Paget Papers Volume 2; Diplomatic and Other Correspondence of the Right Hon. Sir Arthur Paget, G.C.B., 1794-1807. with Two Appendices 1808 & 1821-1829 (Paperback)


This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1896 Excerpt: ... VIENNA (3.) THE CAMPAIGN OF AUSTERLITZ: 1805-1806 iETAT. 34 The third Coalition against France was completed by the accession of Austria to the alliance between England and Russia in July 1805. But what was the conduct of Prussia in regard to this Treaty? It is fully explained in the letter from the King of Prussia to the Emperor of Austria of the 4th of September, in reply to an appeal of the Emperor Francis to join him in endeavouring to effect, by their good offices, the renewal of the negotiations for peace; and what the King says amounts practically to this--and he seems very proud of it--viz., that after conferences with Marshal Duroc, who had been sent by Napoleon from Boulogne to confer with him and his Ministers upon the general position of affairs, he had reason to hope that he could obtain from France four points which he enumerates, and which, had they been accepted, would simply have confirmed the French in the possession of their actual usurpations in Italy and Germany, with some illusory promises respecting the integrity of those countries for the future, according to the Treaty of Luneville. This letter is very well answered in a letter from Count Cobentzl to Count Metternich of the nth of September, but the length of this document renders its publication in this correspondence impossible. In the meantime the Kins: of Prussia issued his declaration of the 9th of September, in which he announces his intention of maintaining a strict neutrality, not only for himself, but for the States situated in the North of Germany, for which purpose he had taken the resolution to arm and assemble a body of troops which, in the first instance, would amount to 80,000 men. How faithful His Majesty was to the above programme, and how well he defended the neutr...

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1896 Excerpt: ... VIENNA (3.) THE CAMPAIGN OF AUSTERLITZ: 1805-1806 iETAT. 34 The third Coalition against France was completed by the accession of Austria to the alliance between England and Russia in July 1805. But what was the conduct of Prussia in regard to this Treaty? It is fully explained in the letter from the King of Prussia to the Emperor of Austria of the 4th of September, in reply to an appeal of the Emperor Francis to join him in endeavouring to effect, by their good offices, the renewal of the negotiations for peace; and what the King says amounts practically to this--and he seems very proud of it--viz., that after conferences with Marshal Duroc, who had been sent by Napoleon from Boulogne to confer with him and his Ministers upon the general position of affairs, he had reason to hope that he could obtain from France four points which he enumerates, and which, had they been accepted, would simply have confirmed the French in the possession of their actual usurpations in Italy and Germany, with some illusory promises respecting the integrity of those countries for the future, according to the Treaty of Luneville. This letter is very well answered in a letter from Count Cobentzl to Count Metternich of the nth of September, but the length of this document renders its publication in this correspondence impossible. In the meantime the Kins: of Prussia issued his declaration of the 9th of September, in which he announces his intention of maintaining a strict neutrality, not only for himself, but for the States situated in the North of Germany, for which purpose he had taken the resolution to arm and assemble a body of troops which, in the first instance, would amount to 80,000 men. How faithful His Majesty was to the above programme, and how well he defended the neutr...

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February 2012

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246 x 189 x 7mm (L x W x T)

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134

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978-1-150-78322-7

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9781150783227

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