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 . the guns; he could neverhope to inspire his seamen with any confidence of has saved herself by her courage, said Pitt; she will save Europe by her example. Even before Trafalgar, Pitt had succeeded in forminganother coalition of the European powers against the French emperor acted with his usual promptness,and, marching with the Boulogne army against the Austrians,crushed their hopes in the battle of Austerlitz. This dis-a
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 . the guns; he could neverhope to inspire his seamen with any confidence of has saved herself by her courage, said Pitt; she will save Europe by her example. Even before Trafalgar, Pitt had succeeded in forminganother coalition of the European powers against the French emperor acted with his usual promptness,and, marching with the Boulogne army against the Austrians,crushed their hopes in the battle of Austerlitz. This dis-aster to his ally so preyed upon Pitt that on January23rd, 1806, he died, worn out in the service of his his death he was succeeded as foreign secretary byCharles James Fox, but Fox survived his great rival onlyeight months. The battle of Jena now placed Prussia under the controlof Napoleon, who seized the opportunity to revive his planfor the total ruin of British commerce. From Berlin,decrees were issued declaring a blockade of Britain. Allcommerce with her was forbidden, and British manufac- 1807-08] THE HOUSE OF HANOVER 249. tures, or products from British colonies, were to be confis-cated wherever found. The next year, Napoleon so humbledRussia that by the MilanDecrees this ContinentalSystem, as it was called,was made to apply to thewhole continent. Britainretaliated by Orders-in-Council, threatening to seizethe ships of any nation thattraded with France or herallies. As Britain had con-trol of the sea, she was ableto injure France more thanFrance injured her. TheBerlin and Milan Decreesreally helped to ruin Na-poleon, because they madegoods so dear in Europethat his allies roseagainst him. Now that Britain had proved her superiority on the seas,George Canning, who had succeeded Fox as foreign secre-taiy, determined that the British army should take part inthe struggle. Portugal, in defiance of the Berlin Decrees,had refused to close her ports to Great Britain. N
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