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Document ReferenceBu 19/43
TitleLetter from Lord Augustus Loftus, Berlin, Prussia, to Sir A. Buchanan, St Petersburg, Russia; 10 Aug 1866.
Date10 August 1866
Extent6 ff
LevelPiece
Content DescriptionReports 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.
Termmilitary campaigns, Austro-Prussian War 1866
unification, Germany

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Persons
CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA6572Manteuffel; Edwin H.K.F. von (1809-1885); General; Prussian soldier1809-1885
NA6717Benedetti; Vincent (1817-1900); Count; French diplomat1817-1900
NA140Bismarck; Otto E.L. von (1815-1898); Prince; German statesman and Prussian minister-president1815-1898
NA1901Napoléon III (1808-1873); Emperor of the French; president of 2nd French Republic 1850-52 emperor 1852-701808-1873
NA141Gorchakov; Alexander M. (1798-1883); Prince; Russian Foreign Minister1798-1883
NA6208Loftus; Augustus W.F.S. (1817-1904); Lord; diplomat1817-1904
NA136Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat1807-1882
Places
CodeSet
PL90/Austria
PL1894/Hanover/Germany
PL445/Paris/France
PL2780/Hesse-Cassel
PL2958/Frankfurt/Germany
PL1331/Russia
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