Medieval and modern times; an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . sand men with which toreturn to the attack. This contained one hundred and fifty thou-sand conscripts who should not have been called into serviceuntil 1814, besides older men who had been hitherto exempted. By the end of February, 1813, the timid Frederick Williamhad been induced by public sentiment in Prussia to break withhis oppressor and join Russia. On March 17, he issued a fam-ous address To my People, in which he called upon them toassist him in the
Medieval and modern times; an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . sand men with which toreturn to the attack. This contained one hundred and fifty thou-sand conscripts who should not have been called into serviceuntil 1814, besides older men who had been hitherto exempted. By the end of February, 1813, the timid Frederick Williamhad been induced by public sentiment in Prussia to break withhis oppressor and join Russia. On March 17, he issued a fam-ous address To my People, in which he called upon them toassist him in the recovery of Prussian independence. Up to thedefeat of Jena, Prussia was far more backward in its socialorganization than France had been before 1789. The agricul-tural classes were serfs, who were bound to the land and com-pelled to work a certain part of each week for the lord The population was divided into strict socialcastes. Moreover, no noble could buy citizen or peasant land ; nocitizen, noble or peasant land ; no peasant, noble or citizen land. 1 See above, p. 442. 15 Longitui: Westl* irom , j. AT THE TIME OF NAPOLEONS GREATEST POWER ABOUT 1810 SCALE OF MILES0 50 100 200 ^Empire of France3 Dependencies »a7a| la«caG Sju vnl T\a iji oh S|I i J/ JS H ra«ada Ca rtcn %^ eiia Hfcr ?uta t e n 8 E *ha r(« SHs/i) le East 10°from Greenwich 16°
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