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The Yazoo City Whig And Political Register
Yazoo City, Yazoo County, Mississippi
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French forces have seized and begun fortifying the Marquesas Islands in the Pacific, viewed as preparation for an inevitable war with England. French policy anticipates U.S. involvement by finding a pretext to join against Britain. (London correspondent to New York Evening Post)
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The London correspondent of the New York Evening Post, writes that the French who have seized the Marquesas Islands, in the Pacific, have commenced-not colonization, but fortification! It appears that this grand stroke of policy is the result of a feeling which prevailed some time ago, that war with England was inevitable, and that these Islands would be a grand station for the French and American ships of war; for the French seem to arrange both for the Americans and themselves, and calculate, with great confidence, upon the U. States finding a pretext for war with England whenever it shall please France to set the example.-N. O. Bulletin.
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Marquesas Islands, Pacific
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fortification of islands as naval station for french and american ships; expectation of u.s. pretext for war with england
Event Details
French seizure of Marquesas Islands for fortification rather than colonization, driven by anticipation of inevitable war with England. Islands positioned as strategic station for French and American warships, with French confidence in U.S. joining the conflict on their lead.