Record

Document Reference	Bu 19/34
Title	Letter from Lord Augustus Loftus, Berlin, Prussia, to Sir A. Buchanan, St Petersburg, Russia; 6 Apr 1866
Date	6 April 1866
Extent	2 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Informs him that war now seemed inevitable; comments on the influence exercised by Bismarck over the King and that he intended to create a parliament for Germany to be based at Frankfurt; reports that the Emperor of Russia had sent General Richter to Vienna to offer Russia's 'good offices' and that Napoleon was placing a Corps of observation on the Eastern frontier.
Term	military campaigns, Austro-Prussian War 1866

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6192	Alexander II (1818-1881); Emperor of all the Russias; (succeeded 1855)	1818-1881
NA140	Bismarck; Otto E.L. von (1815-1898); Prince; German statesman and Prussian minister-president	1815-1898
NA6231	Wilhelm I (1797-1888); German Emperor; ( King of Prussia from 1861 German Emperor from 1871)	1797-1888
NA1901	Napoléon III (1808-1873); Emperor of the French; president of 2nd French Republic 1850-52 emperor 1852-70	1808-1873
NA6208	Loftus; Augustus W.F.S. (1817-1904); Lord; diplomat	1817-1904
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882