The 1906 caption reads: “MEETING OF NAPOLEON AND ALEXANDER ON THE NIEMEN.—Alexander perforce broke the oath he had sworn to Prussia. Napoleon defeated him at Austerlitz, and then at Eylau and Friedland; and Alexander, feeling his means of resistance at an end, sought peace. The two emperors had a celebrated conference on a float moored midway on the Niemen, the Russian boundary river. The armies of each were gathered on the opposite banks. Alexander seems to have fallen completely under the influence of Napoleon, and for years helped him in his plans.” Napoleon and Alexander I met on the raft
The 1906 caption reads: “MEETING OF NAPOLEON AND ALEXANDER ON THE NIEMEN.—Alexander perforce broke the oath he had sworn to Prussia. Napoleon defeated him at Austerlitz, and then at Eylau and Friedland; and Alexander, feeling his means of resistance at an end, sought peace. The two emperors had a celebrated conference on a float moored midway on the Niemen, the Russian boundary river. The armies of each were gathered on the opposite banks. Alexander seems to have fallen completely under the influence of Napoleon, and for years helped him in his plans.” Napoleon and Alexander I met on the raft on the Niemen, 25 June, 1807.
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