The British nation a history / by George MWrong . oreign foe with something like una-nimity. But to Fox, George III,who had recently recoveredfrom one of the attacks of in-sanity that haunted him always,was hostile, and Fox generous-ly consented to be left out ofthe new ministry. Pitt made acoalition with Russia, Austria,and Sweden against France,and Britain again did greatthings on the sea. Kelson at-tacked the French and Span-ish fleets off Cape Trafalgar,near Gibraltar, on October 21, 1805, and destroyed themboth, but, though the victory made British supremacyupon the sea final, in England
The British nation a history / by George MWrong . oreign foe with something like una-nimity. But to Fox, George III,who had recently recoveredfrom one of the attacks of in-sanity that haunted him always,was hostile, and Fox generous-ly consented to be left out ofthe new ministry. Pitt made acoalition with Russia, Austria,and Sweden against France,and Britain again did greatthings on the sea. Kelson at-tacked the French and Span-ish fleets off Cape Trafalgar,near Gibraltar, on October 21, 1805, and destroyed themboth, but, though the victory made British supremacyupon the sea final, in England there was as much sorrowas joy, for Nelson fell at Trafalgar. Without a fleetNapoleon despaired of invading England; he withdrewhis army from Boulogne, and with marvellous rapiditywon compensation for the failure of his naval forcesby new victories on land. On December 2 he met theAustrian and Russian emperors on the field of Auster-litz, gained a complete victory, and soon forced Austriato sign the .Treaty of Presburg, recognising him as King \. Napoleon Bonaparte(1709-1821). THE ERA OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION 503 of Italy, making him supreme in Germany and bringingto an end the now worn-out figment of the Holy RomanEmpire. Austerlitz killed Pitt. He was ailing and had gone toBath for a change, and the shock of the fatal news drovehis gout to some vital organ. He travelledThe death of ^yearily to London with the heavy burden uponhis mind of having failed to check the con-quering sway of Xapoleon in Europe. As he entered hisvilla at Putney his eye rested upon a map of Europe. Eoll up that map, he said, it will not be wanted theseten years. On January 23, 1806, he died, with a lamentfor his country upon his lips. To many it seemed asif Pitts whole career was a deplorable failure. Xo doubtunder him domestic reform in any large sense stood still,and on this ground Fox refused to support a motion inParliament declaring the dead leader an excellent states-man. Yet the purity of Pitts
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