Excerpt from History of the Consulate and the Empire of France Under Napoleon, Vol. 11 of 12 The Rhenish provinces were no better satisfied. If, like the Belgians, they were no longer subjected to conscription, and the Rhine, the chief source of their wealth, was allowed free communication with the sea, the French markets were no longer Open for the products of. Their industry, which had greatly increased under the empire, nor was the commerce of Prussia a compensation for that of France. In a word, it seemed as little ...
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Excerpt from History of the Consulate and the Empire of France Under Napoleon, Vol. 11 of 12 The Rhenish provinces were no better satisfied. If, like the Belgians, they were no longer subjected to conscription, and the Rhine, the chief source of their wealth, was allowed free communication with the sea, the French markets were no longer Open for the products of. Their industry, which had greatly increased under the empire, nor was the commerce of Prussia a compensation for that of France. In a word, it seemed as little natural to them to be fellow-citizens of the inhabitants of Konigsberg as of the Parisians, and the liberty of the Pope was no more consolation to them than to the Belgians for being ruled by a Protestant sovereign. They also experienced the inconveniences of foreign occupation, for the Prussian army was in their territory, and they were horribly ill treated by Blucher's soldiers, who had not yet learned to consider the inhabitants of Cologne and Aix - la-chapelle as fellow-countrymen. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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