Record

Document Reference	Bu 25/52
Title	Letter from Lord Augustus Loftus, Berlin, Prussia, to Sir A. Buchanan, St Petersburg, Russia; 25 Nov 1870.
Date	25 November 1870
Extent	3 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Thanks him for his letter and informs him that his despatches have now been sent to England; states that in his opinion the affair with Russia was more serious than was thought and that Bismarck was attempting to persuade Turkey to accept the 'Russian circular' and that he would endeavour to draw Italy in his wake; Gorchakov seemed to have taken Bismarck at his word and would not be outwitted by him; expresses hope that the present 'emergency' as Lord Russell calls it would awaken the British nation, even if war did not break out; praises Lord Granville's handling of the situation; informs him that Paris had provisions for 2 months and that Bismarck was starting to favour the idea of bombardment against the wishes of the King and informs him that Bismarck had not been on speaking terms with Count Moltke.
Term	military campaigns, Franco-Prussian War 1870-1
	military campaigns, siege of Paris
	unification, Germany
	treaties, Treaty of Paris 1856, Russian repudiation

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6958	Moltke; Helmuth (1800-1891); Count von; Prussian soldier	1800-1891
NA139	Russell; John (1792-1878); 1st Earl Russell	1792-1878
NA140	Bismarck; Otto E.L. von (1815-1898); Prince; German statesman and Prussian minister-president	1815-1898
NA141	Gorchakov; Alexander M. (1798-1883); Prince; Russian Foreign Minister	1798-1883
NA6137	Gower; Granville G. Leveson- (1815-1891); 2nd Earl Granville; diplomat M.P. statesman	1815-1891
NA6208	Loftus; Augustus W.F.S. (1817-1904); Lord; diplomat	1817-1904
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882