Record

Document Reference	Bu 25/44
Title	Letter from 2nd Earl Granville [G. Leveson-Gower], Foreign Office, London, to Sir A. Buchanan, St Petersburg, Russia; 2 Nov 1870.
Date	2 November 1870
Extent	4 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Encloses a copy of a despatch which suggested that he [Granville] was 'open' in communications with Russia; states that he had told Brunnow that he expected him to reciprocate and asks him to impress this upon Gorchakov; reports that Thiers had returned to Versailles; states that a winter campaign would be painful to France and possibly to Prussia.
Term	military campaigns, Franco-Prussian War 1870-1
Term	unification, Germany

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA141	Gorchakov; Alexander M. (1798-1883); Prince; Russian Foreign Minister	1798-1883
NA6099	Brunnow; Philipp I. von (1797-1875); Baron; Russian diplomat	1797-1875
NA6558	Thiers; Louis A. (1797-1877); Monsieur; French statesman and historian	1797-1877
NA6137	Gower; Granville G. Leveson- (1815-1891); 2nd Earl Granville; diplomat M.P. statesman	1815-1891
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882