Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . Later the whole French army ofthirteen thousand men surrendered to the British. A coalition, formed in 1798between Great Britain,Russia, and Austria had notmet with success. Both theRussians and the Austrianshad suffered so many re-verses that the former waspersuaded to abandon thealliance, while the lattermade peace with France atLuneville in 1801. Oncemore Britain stood alone. To make matters worse forBritain, in this same year,Pitt, thwarted by the
Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . Later the whole French army ofthirteen thousand men surrendered to the British. A coalition, formed in 1798between Great Britain,Russia, and Austria had notmet with success. Both theRussians and the Austrianshad suffered so many re-verses that the former waspersuaded to abandon thealliance, while the lattermade peace with France atLuneville in 1801. Oncemore Britain stood alone. To make matters worse forBritain, in this same year,Pitt, thwarted by the king inhis plans for the govern-ment of Ireland, resigned hisoffice, and was succeeded byMr. Addington. Napoleonsplans were soon a league of the northern powers, Denmark, Sweden, and Russia, he hoped to ruinGreat Britain by shutting out her vessels from thesecountries, and, by joining the navies of these three countrieswith those of France and Spain, to drive her fioni theseas. The agreement called the Armed Neutrality wiSmade, and Napoleon instantly called upon the Danesto place their deet at his disposal. Great Britain had. Lord Nelson 246 HISTORY OF ENGLAND [1801-02 secret information of this plan, and Sir Hyde Parker wassent, in 1801, with Nelson as second in command, to demandthe withdrawal of the Danes from the league. This demandwas refused, and Parker immediately sent Nelson to enforcethe request by the bombardment of Copenhagen. Thebattle was a desperate one, but the Danes were at lastcompelled to yield, after nearly all their fleet had beendestroyed. Denmark was thus forced to conclude an armis-tice, which gave the British fleet entrance to the little later, the death of the Czar of Russia broke up theconfederation. This blow, together with the surrender of the French armyin Egypt, which took place about this time, made Napoleon
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