Napoleon III and His Court (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. 1898. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XLII THE CLOSE OF 1855 A S yet no one could say whether the war was at last to end. At the close of October the assembled contingents of the allies in the Crimea amounted to almost two hundred thousand men, and there was no talk of reducing them. But on both sides there was a general weariness of slaughter, and the situation somewhat resembled a truce. September 20, at the village of Koughil, near Eupatoria, General d'Allonville conducted a brilliant cavalry combat, and on October 17 a Franco-English expeditionary corps, embarked at Kamiesch and Balaclava, seized the Russian fortress of Kimburn, at the extremity of the gulf of the Dnieper; but the end of the year was not signalized by any other military incident. The troops went into winter quarters and enjoyed a relative calm, without knowing whether the war would begin in the spring with renewed fury or not. The denouement depended chiefly upon the Emperor Alexander II. In November, while the ruins of Sebastopol were still smoking, he went to the Crimea to thank its brave defenders; he addressed a rescript to the commander-in-chief, Prince Michael Gortchakoff, in which he said: "The excellent condition of the army placed under your command evinces the solicitude and the persevering efforts, thanks to which you have been able to attain this end. This does you the more honor because all your intelligence and activity were simultaneously concentrated on the task of combating a redoubtable and courageous enemy who shrank from no sacrifices." This courteous phrase of the Czar, concerning his enemies, could be construed as a symptom of conciliation. Napoleon III. hesitated somewhat, but he was not long in discovering that while England would be pleased to have hostilities continue, public opinion in F...

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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. 1898. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XLII THE CLOSE OF 1855 A S yet no one could say whether the war was at last to end. At the close of October the assembled contingents of the allies in the Crimea amounted to almost two hundred thousand men, and there was no talk of reducing them. But on both sides there was a general weariness of slaughter, and the situation somewhat resembled a truce. September 20, at the village of Koughil, near Eupatoria, General d'Allonville conducted a brilliant cavalry combat, and on October 17 a Franco-English expeditionary corps, embarked at Kamiesch and Balaclava, seized the Russian fortress of Kimburn, at the extremity of the gulf of the Dnieper; but the end of the year was not signalized by any other military incident. The troops went into winter quarters and enjoyed a relative calm, without knowing whether the war would begin in the spring with renewed fury or not. The denouement depended chiefly upon the Emperor Alexander II. In November, while the ruins of Sebastopol were still smoking, he went to the Crimea to thank its brave defenders; he addressed a rescript to the commander-in-chief, Prince Michael Gortchakoff, in which he said: "The excellent condition of the army placed under your command evinces the solicitude and the persevering efforts, thanks to which you have been able to attain this end. This does you the more honor because all your intelligence and activity were simultaneously concentrated on the task of combating a redoubtable and courageous enemy who shrank from no sacrifices." This courteous phrase of the Czar, concerning his enemies, could be construed as a symptom of conciliation. Napoleon III. hesitated somewhat, but he was not long in discovering that while England would be pleased to have hostilities continue, public opinion in F...

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General Books LLC

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United States

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February 2012

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February 2012

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246 x 189 x 5mm (L x W x T)

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Paperback - Trade

Pages

92

ISBN-13

978-1-150-68944-4

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9781150689444

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1-150-68944-7



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