The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1940 - Commonwealth countries |
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Page 31
... FRANCE 31 hardly of the other . No doubt Pitt was thinking of trade rather than of colonisation , and would gladly have gone on to negotiate a com- mercial treaty with Spain had she been willing , but the possession of a " window on the ...
... FRANCE 31 hardly of the other . No doubt Pitt was thinking of trade rather than of colonisation , and would gladly have gone on to negotiate a com- mercial treaty with Spain had she been willing , but the possession of a " window on the ...
Page 32
... France was powerless to help her friends of the opposite party.1 Pitt did not hesitate to use our rising strength and ran the risk of war had not France drawn back . So England recovered her traditional ally and was proportionately ...
... France was powerless to help her friends of the opposite party.1 Pitt did not hesitate to use our rising strength and ran the risk of war had not France drawn back . So England recovered her traditional ally and was proportionately ...
Page 554
... France and to his new- born heir none the less preserved his loyalty to the entente . Early in 1856 he had declared that the days when France coveted Madagascar and other islands had gone by , and he acted accordingly . He himself and ...
... France and to his new- born heir none the less preserved his loyalty to the entente . Early in 1856 he had declared that the days when France coveted Madagascar and other islands had gone by , and he acted accordingly . He himself and ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 1 |
The Conflict with Revolutionary France 17931802 | 36 |
The Struggle with Napoleon 18031815 | 83 |
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