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Foreign News September 26, 1811

Alexandria Daily Gazette, Commercial & Political

Alexandria, Virginia

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Report from the Aurora on a near-ratified coalition against France involving England, Denmark, Turkey, and Russia, disrupted by Russia's refusal to allow a French garrison in Riga and subsequent troop movements to Poland. Commentary questions the coalition's status amid Napoleon's demands and European powers' opportunities against him.

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The Aurora states, that a new Coalition against France, consisting of England, Denmark, Turkey, and Russia, was on the tapis, and the terms every thing but ratified, when the French Emperor demanded answers of Russia to three questions--

Would Russia enforce the continental system?

What was the object of the Russian armaments?

Will the emperor of Russia admit a French garrison at Riga, to complete the chain from thence to Altona, for the purpose of completely excluding British commerce?

To these questions Russia answered that she would not admit a French garrison into Riga.

Contemporaneous with this answer, the whole disposable force of Russia in contiguity to the frontier, were ordered to march for Poland."

Now, as Russia returned but one answer to these three questions, and that a peremptory one in the negative, the public would certainly be gratified to hear from the Colonel, or some of his "Correspondents at Paris," how matters at present stand with regard to the Coalition. Has it been abandoned, altho' the terms were once, it seems, on the point of ratification? Or is it still in agitation? Supposing that Colonel Duane's information is correct, the latter appears to be the proper inference, from the decisive refusal of Russia to comply with Bonaparte's demand, and her "cotemporaneous" warlike preparations.

Time will develope the intentions of the several European powers; yet the present is certainly a favorable opportunity for them to deliver themselves from the yoke of the Corsican, harrassed as he is by the patriots of Spain and Portugal, and their British allies.

What sub-type of article is it?

Diplomatic War Report

What keywords are associated?

Coalition Against France Russia Refusal French Demands Troop Movements Napoleonic Europe Continental System

What entities or persons were involved?

French Emperor Emperor Of Russia Colonel Duane Bonaparte

Where did it happen?

Russia

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

Russia

Key Persons

French Emperor Emperor Of Russia Colonel Duane Bonaparte

Outcome

russia refused to admit a french garrison into riga and ordered its disposable forces near the frontier to march for poland; status of the coalition unclear but potentially still in agitation.

Event Details

A new coalition against France involving England, Denmark, Turkey, and Russia was nearly ratified when the French Emperor posed three questions to Russia regarding the continental system, Russian armaments, and a French garrison in Riga to exclude British commerce. Russia answered negatively only to the garrison question, and simultaneously ordered its forces to march to Poland.

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