Record

Document Reference	Bu 19/43
Title	Letter from Lord Augustus Loftus, Berlin, Prussia, to Sir A. Buchanan, St Petersburg, Russia; 10 Aug 1866.
Date	10 August 1866
Extent	6 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Reports that the negotiations had commenced and that Bismarck was to participate; informs him that Beneditti had applied to Bismarck for compensation on behalf of France and that Bismarck had refused; states that the Emperor Napoleon was not 'a man to advance a claim and then withdraw it'; the French had referred to the position of 1814 but had not mentioned Belgium and its frontiers; states that the matter would have to be settled before the annexation of Hanover, Hesse and Frankfurt were officially announced; discusses the possibility of a war between France and Prussia, which the German press seemed enthusiastic to fight. Reports that there was some anxiety in Berlin as to the intentions of Russia and Manteuffel as Russia was said to be 'indignant at the policy of Prussia' and Gorchakov would look for something 'in the distribution of loaves and fishes'; reports that Bloomfield wrote informing him of the total state of confusion in the Austrian Government; informs him that he hoped to take leave but did not think it would be possible.
Term	military campaigns, Austro-Prussian War 1866
Term	unification, Germany

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6572	Manteuffel; Edwin H.K.F. von (1809-1885); General; Prussian soldier	1809-1885
NA6717	Benedetti; Vincent (1817-1900); Count; French diplomat	1817-1900
NA140	Bismarck; Otto E.L. von (1815-1898); Prince; German statesman and Prussian minister-president	1815-1898
NA1901	Napoléon III (1808-1873); Emperor of the French; president of 2nd French Republic 1850-52 emperor 1852-70	1808-1873
NA141	Gorchakov; Alexander M. (1798-1883); Prince; Russian Foreign Minister	1798-1883
NA6208	Loftus; Augustus W.F.S. (1817-1904); Lord; diplomat	1817-1904
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882