Record

Bu - Buchanan Collection; 1755-1982
- A - Papers of Sir Andrew Buchanan, first baronet; 1747-1976
  - 25 - Letters from 4th Earl of Clarendon [G. Villiers], E. Hammond [later 1st Baron Hammond], 2nd Earl Granville [G. Leveson-Gower], 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe [S. Canning], 3rd Baron Headley [C. Winn], W. Alexander, 6th Earl Mayo [R. Bourke, 2nd Baron Bloomfield [J. Bloomfield], Lord Augustus Loftus, C Mansfield, to Sir A. Buchanan, St Petersburg Russia; 1870.

Document Reference	Bu 25/57
Title	Letter from A. Loftus, Berlin, Prussia, to Sir A. Buchanan, St Petersburg, Russia; 8 Aug 1870.
Date	8 August 1870
Extent	2 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Informs him that he is very busy; reports that the French were in a bad way and that a final battle was expected at Nancy with Châlons being the fallback position; states that a revolution was expected in Paris; was glad that England was taking an interest in European affairs; discusses losses on both sides and the fate of Alsace Lorraine.
Term	military campaigns, Franco-Prussian War 1870-1
Term	unification, Germany

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Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6208	Loftus; Augustus W.F.S. (1817-1904); Lord; diplomat	1817-1904
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882

Places

Code	Set
PL4228	/Alsace-Lorraine/Germany
PL4247	/Nancy/France
PL4248	/Châlons/France
PL445	/Paris/France
PL139	/England

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