16,25 € 15,44 € Ajouter au panier | MAA 440 : NAPOLEON'S POLISH LANCERS OF THE IMPERIAL GUARD OSPREY Par RONALD PAWLY - PATRICE COURCELLE In the summer of 1806, after a brief pause in hostilities, it became clear that the fragile peace in continental Europe could not last for long. The previous year, in April 1805, the Third Coalition had been formed to fight Napoleon's expansionist French Empire; this alliance had comprised Britain, Austria, Russia, Sweden and some minor German states, but Prussia still stood aloof and neutral. However, on 3 November, as war already raged in Austria and in Italy, King Frederick William III of Prussia at last agreed to co–operate with the Allied powers. Under the terms of this secret Treaty of Potsdam with Tsar Alexander I of Russia, Prussia undertook to demand from France, as the price of continuing peace, terms based on the 1801 Treaty of Luneville between France and Austria; if these were refused (as they would be), Prussia would join the Third Coalition with an army of 180,000 men. Texte en anglais
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