Identifier: historyofallnati17wrig (find matches)
Title: A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Wright, John Henry, 1852-1908
Subjects: World history
Publisher: (Philadelphia, New York : Lea Brothers & company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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mer wasfinally conceded to Prussia; the latter was saved for Saxony by thecommercial jeahnisy of the English. The boundary-line, as finallydrawn, gave to Prussia 9000 square miles of Saxon territory, with864,400 souls. The king of Saxony still continued to attempt op-position ; but the sudden intelligence of Napoleons escaj^e fromElba spurred the Powers on to adjust the Saxon question withoutfurther delay. He was obliged to comply; and the result receivedon May 18 the form of a treaty of peace between Saxony, Prus-sia, and Russia. Austria secui-ed the maintenance of an interme-diate state, which, while far too weak for a bulwark, yet promised tobecome a pliable tool in any projects directed against Prussia. Theremaining territorial questions were now quickly despatched. TheMoselle frontier Metternich suffered to drop; Prussia obtained, ontlie left bank of the Rhine, Cologne, Coblenz, and the country ))e-tween the Saar and the Nahe; on the right, the district of Orange, > X <J Q.
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