1814 — 1834
News has reached London that, after years of hard and costly campaigning, Britain has triumphed against the Maratha Confederacy in India. The Honorable East India Company and the Maratha chiefs have settled on land concessions in favor of Britain, but officials describe the gains as "considerably m…
The governments of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Republic of Texas, the Kingdom of France, and the Kingdom of the Netherlands have all announced recently that a treaty resolving the Texan occupation of Guyana has been signed. The Treaty of Havana recognizes Texan sovereignty …
As the year draws to a close, there is little cheer to be found among His Majesty's subjects regarding the war in Europe. Dispatches from the Rhine and Poland describe armies mired in mud and frost, dug in against each other without being able to make significant gains. What was supposed to be a sw…
His Majesty King Frederick VI has announced the formal entry of Denmark into the Seventh Coalition, with the stated goal of preventing Sweden from continuously engorging itself at the expense of her neighbors.
In a shocking turn of events, one of the packet ships that made port in the city yesterday carried none other than Napoleon Bonaparte, former Emperor of the French, accompanied by his brother Joseph and a small party of loyal companions.
News has reached Italy that Bernadotte has entered the war on the side of Russia and Prussia. I do not pretend to understand whatever madness was put forward to compel his entry into the war. Perhaps some promise of land, as he seemed rather concerned about Pomerania at the Congress. Regardless of …
The joint Prussian-Swedish forces have achieved a series of encouraging victories across North and East Germany this month, driving back the British-Hanoverian forces under Wellington. These gains have completely secured Prussia's flanks and opened the prospect of advances toward the Hanoverian hea…
To the attention of His Excellency the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and by copy to the respective Allied Courts of the Seventh Coalition.
Victory against the Austrian battalion south by south-west of Krakow. Poor ground from spring thaw left cannon unpositioned, primary detachment was exposed to charge. Cavalry performed admirably. Attached is a list of officers recommended for new honors.
The Prussian army has been delivered a series of humiliating defeats at Zweibrücken, Kaiserslautern, and Morbach by the combined might of France and Britain! Though an alliance across the Channel is certainly unusual, it is proving effective in restoring French honor and protecting the Germanics fr…
Only a few days ago, His Majesty King Friedrich Wilhelm IV, and the rest of the Prussian delegation, departed Vienna following the collapse of the so-called peace congress. In an emergency address before an assembly of German princes convened in Berlin, His Majesty declared that Austria had chosen …
Installed King Louis XVIII Throws in with English, Austrian Patrons
The Congress of Vienna was convened for a noble purpose: that a group of wise and intelligent men might bandage the wounds Napoleon wrought upon Europe with peace and justice. Had circumstances been otherwise, I believe that goal could have been accomplished. But sadly, the circumstances being what…
The Wiener Zeitung has confirmed a limited skirmish in the city of Krakow between Austrian soldiers and the Russian occupiers.
The St. Petersburg Gazette is proud to report that, by unanimous consent of the Congress of Vienna, Tsar Alexander I has been lawfully crowned the King of Poland! Sources say that this outcome was the obvious solution for the betterment of both Russia and Poland as well as preserving the peace in E…
Exclusive sources close to the ongoing negotiations in our fair city (who wish to remain anonymous) have told the Austrian Observer that Tsar Alexander I has been aggressive and unpredictable during negotiations. "He's not right in the head," said one palace insider. "He started off demanding that …
Concerning news from the Continent reached London today, with Prussian and Russian soldiers reportedly fortifying their positions in Saxony and Poland, respectively, despite protests by Austria and Great Britain.
