Feb 05 2025 30 mins 2
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We are covering 1801. The 3 key issues are:
Pitt resigns over catholic emancipation. He is replaced by his friend Addington. Pitt is to Addington as London is to Paddington. This strange interlude is illustrative that though Pitt may not be in office, Pittites commonly are for the rest of the 2nd Hundred Years War.
Napoleon begins his peace offensive. It starts with the end of the Quasi War with the United States. but extends to the Concordat and ends up with France again in possession of Louisiana.
Because it looks as if peace is inevitable; Britain must take Egypt. The British conquest of Egypt foreshadows the return of the British infantry to an elite status and demonstrates the power of Napoleon's vision for the Orient (in reverse). 6,000 men are landed by Hope Popham on the Red Sea coast from India.
