The War Between France and Russia - A Brief History

When war recommenced, bonaparte ordered his armies into southern italy to retake those s. In both cases, napoleon felt totally justified. But emperor alexander the first of russia saw these developments very differently. He had once believed that he could work with napoleon. At the outbreak of the war between britain and france, he had actually offered to mediate the conflict. Alexander started to look for a diplomatic solution to the french problem. He reached out to the prussians, seeking an alliance. Some in the russian court began to whisper that the martial spirit of frederick the great was gone and prussia had become a country of cowards