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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1805. 



CHAP. XII. 



History of Europe.— Preliminary Observations. — j^innio.sifjj of ihs 

 French Emperor to England. — Exposition of the Affairs of that Country. 

 — Overture of Peace made by Bonaparte to the British Government. — 

 Reply thereto. — Anger of Bonaparte. — Blanifestos against the Conduct 

 of England. — Comments of the French Government. — Great apparent 

 Exertions made hy France for the Invasion of England. — Slate of the 

 Flotilla at Boulognt — Jnd of the Army destined for that Purpose. — 

 Activity of the Combined French and Spanish Kavy. — Farther Viezcs of 

 Aggrandizement of Bonaparte. — Journey to Italy. — Crowned King of 

 Italy at Milan — And annexes Genoa to the French Empire. — Returns to 

 Paris. — Reviezcs his Army at Boulogne. — Dissatisfaction of the Indepoim 

 dent Powers of Europe. — Treaty between Great Britain and Russia. — 

 Object and Conditions thereof. — Accedence of Austria and Sxaeden. — 

 Fruitless Attempt of the Allied Poxvcrs to ncgociate -with France. — An- 

 tiexation of Genoa to the French Empire. — Remonstrance of the Court of 

 Vienna thereon. — Reply of the French Government — JVhich remonstrates 

 in its turn. — Declaranon of the Russian Minister at Vienna. — Stnmgly in\ 

 dicative of approaching Hostilities. — Second and stronger Remonstrance of 

 Vienna against the French Encroachments. — Immediate Change in the Mea^ 

 •sures of France. —Abandonment of her Project of invading Great Bri~ 

 tain — And Preparations., by Bonaparte, to attack the allied Powers. — 

 French Note to the Diet of Ratisbon. — Reply (f Austria. — fVar inevi- 

 table. — Preparations therefor. — Injudicious Conduct of Austria towards 

 Bavaria. — Bonaparte addresses /lis Senate previously to his joining the 

 Army. — Decree in Consequence. — Bonaparte' leaves Paris, and puts him- 

 self at the Head of his Troops. 



I^HE decided lead which the 

 French nation took in the af- 

 faii of Europe, in the course of the 

 prsscnt year, the gigantic strides 

 'Kliich her ruler made towards the 

 subjugation oft he greater part of Eu- 

 rope, if not to universal monarch)' ; 

 lici astonishing success in the field, 

 ;)nd her immense increase of terri- 

 torial dominion and political impor- 

 tance, all mark out the propriety of 

 giving precedence, in this part of the 

 work, to the continental history of 



Europe, which is, indeed, little else 

 than the painful task of recording 

 the triumphs and conquests of Bona- 

 parte. 



The unceasing jealousy and 

 hatred of the French government j 

 towards that of England, suf- 

 ficiently manifested itself, in its hav- 

 ing compelled Spain into a war with 

 the latter power. But the senti- 

 ments of the emperor may be yet 

 more clearly distinguished, from the 

 tenor of his address to the members! 



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