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Identifier: historyofallnati17wrig (find matches)
Title: A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Wright, John Henry, 1852-1908
Subjects: World history
Publisher: (Philadelphia, New York : Lea Brothers & company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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tion in order thus to prove the necessity of peace. The czar wasprobably the only one on the Russian side who had an honorable pur-pose with regard to the alliance of Bartenstein. But he found himself,by the voice of his army and his people, unwillingly brought to a changeof policy; however, that he, without the slightest previous understand-ing with his allies, empowered Bennigsen to open negotiations in regardto a suspension of hostilities, and that he, on the 21st, signed a truce,from which Prussia was expressly excluded, has, with justice, subjectedhim to the reproach of weakness of character and breach of faith. Hisdispleasure at the tardiness of the English in sustaining the war withmoney and men, as well as the renewal of the old disjiute with them inregard to maritime rights, hastened the conversion, which was decided bythe seductions of Napoleon, who offered, not simply peace, but alliance.With this the fate of Prussia was settled. Abandoned by her THE BATTLE OF FRJEDLAND. 43
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