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Title: Grandest century in the world's history; containing a full and graphic account of the marvelous achievements of one hundred years, including great battles and conquests; the rise and fall of nations; wonderful growth and progress of the United States ... etc., etc
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909
Subjects: Nineteenth century
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., National publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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the East. Breaking up his camp atBoulogne, he moved his army swiftlyacross France into Germany, and en-tered upon his memorable campaign ofUlm and Austerlitz. The shock ofNapoleons victory at Austerlitz wasfatal to Pitt, who had long been failingin health. He died on the 23d of Jan-uary, 1806, at the early a.^*^ of forty- GREAT EVENTS IN ENGLISH HISTORY. 129 seven, a victim to his extraordinarylabors. His loss was felt to be irre-parable. The policy of Pitt, to save Europefrom the ambition of France, was vigor-ously carried out by Mr. Fox, his suc-cessor. All internal questions weresubordinated to this great end, and fora while all parties united in supporting which was to draw upon her the con-demnation of the world. The Gren-ville ministry, which succeeded thecabinet of Fox, declared the whole coastof Europe occupied by France and herallies, from Dantzic to Trieste, to be ina state of blockade. It was not possiblefor even the mistress of the seas tomaintain such a gigantic blockade.
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BATTLE OF CAPE TRAFALGAR. the government in its efforts to accom-plish it. In September, 1806, Fox fol-lowed Pitt to the grave, and on the 14thof October the decisive victory of Jenalaid Prussia and all north Germany atNapoleons feet. This might have beenprevented had England been prompt toassist Prussia in her unequal strugglewith France. England now ventured upon a step Napoleon retaliated by an act equallyindefensible. He issued decrees ex-cluding all British commerce from thecontinent of Europe, hoping that thisexclusion would involve British man-ufactures in ruin, and so end the war. These decrees, dated from Berlin andMilan, ordered that all British exportsshould be seized wherever found, and♦•^«»t this seizure and confiscation should 130 GREAT EVENTS IN ENGLISH HISTORY. extend to all neutral vessels that hadtouched at British ports. In this wayhe hoped to strip England of her carry sels bound for any port of Europe sub-ject to the blockade to touch first atsome British po

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