NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. Letter signed ("Napol"), with paraph, TO TALLEYRAND (Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Pénigord, Prince de Bénévent) (1754-1838), Osterode, 26 May 1807. 4 pages, 4to, edges gilt, trace of mounting along center crease . Three-line autograph postscript.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. Letter signed ("Napol"), with paraph, TO TALLEYRAND (Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Pénigord, Prince de Bénévent) (1754-1838), Osterode, 26 May 1807. 4 pages, 4to, edges gilt, trace of mounting along center crease . Three-line autograph postscript. "ALL WHO HAVE ANYTHING TO LOSE ARE IN FAVOR OF PEACE" Napoleon, in the aftermath of the bloody battle of Eylau (8 February 1807) hopes to draw the Austrians into peace negotiations. "I have read with care the dispatch of M. Otto of March10. There it is reported that among the influential figures in the Viennese Court, the Archduke Charles is the only one in favor of peace. That is absurd. There is certainly not a single Austrian general, not an archduke who does not want peace..." Those eager to continue the war "would have to be very blind to think that France can be slain like a partridge in an ambush, and that it will not be necessary to undertake several campaigns which use up money and spirit. Who in Austria is unaware of this?" He envisions "a cease fire of from 4 to 6 months between the belligerent powers according to the present status quo. Russian, Turkish, Prussian, English and French negotiators will meet in Vienna in order to work out a peace under the mediation of Austria..." Napoleon thought he could dictate a favorable peace from a position of military strength--"by myself I can arm as much as all Europe can"--but his adversaries thought they had weakened him significantly after Eylau that they continued fighting. Napoleon's decisive victory at Friedland (14 June 1807) finally compelled the Russians and Prussians to negotiate an end to the War of the Fourth Coalition.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. Letter signed ("Napol"), with paraph, TO TALLEYRAND (Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Pénigord, Prince de Bénévent) (1754-1838), Osterode, 26 May 1807. 4 pages, 4to, edges gilt, trace of mounting along center crease . Three-line autograph postscript.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. Letter signed ("Napol"), with paraph, TO TALLEYRAND (Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Pénigord, Prince de Bénévent) (1754-1838), Osterode, 26 May 1807. 4 pages, 4to, edges gilt, trace of mounting along center crease . Three-line autograph postscript. "ALL WHO HAVE ANYTHING TO LOSE ARE IN FAVOR OF PEACE" Napoleon, in the aftermath of the bloody battle of Eylau (8 February 1807) hopes to draw the Austrians into peace negotiations. "I have read with care the dispatch of M. Otto of March10. There it is reported that among the influential figures in the Viennese Court, the Archduke Charles is the only one in favor of peace. That is absurd. There is certainly not a single Austrian general, not an archduke who does not want peace..." Those eager to continue the war "would have to be very blind to think that France can be slain like a partridge in an ambush, and that it will not be necessary to undertake several campaigns which use up money and spirit. Who in Austria is unaware of this?" He envisions "a cease fire of from 4 to 6 months between the belligerent powers according to the present status quo. Russian, Turkish, Prussian, English and French negotiators will meet in Vienna in order to work out a peace under the mediation of Austria..." Napoleon thought he could dictate a favorable peace from a position of military strength--"by myself I can arm as much as all Europe can"--but his adversaries thought they had weakened him significantly after Eylau that they continued fighting. Napoleon's decisive victory at Friedland (14 June 1807) finally compelled the Russians and Prussians to negotiate an end to the War of the Fourth Coalition.
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