| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1852 - 678 pages
...thus to compel the English government to make pence upon tho terms prescribed by the French ruler. The history of Napoleon's continental system begins...which the British islands were declared to be in a etnte of blockade ; all commerce, intercourse, and correspondence were prohibited; every Englishman... | |
| William Freke Williams - 1854 - 818 pages
...conjunction with the Milan decrees promulgated in 1807, formed what was termed the Continental System), the British islands were declared to be in a state of blockade; all subjects of England found in countries occupied by French troops, were declared prisoners of war, and... | |
| Canada - 1853 - 692 pages
...destruction of its commerce and resources, were sometime since issued by the government of France, by which " the British Islands were declared to be in a state of blockade," thereby subjecting to capture and condemnation all vessels, with their cargoes, which should continue... | |
| Gilbert Auchinleck - Canada History War of 1812 - 1855 - 456 pages
...destruction of its commerce and resources, were sometime since issued by the government of France, by which " the British Islands were declared to be in a state of blockade," thereby subjecting to capture and condemnation all vessels, with lheir cargoes, which should continue... | |
| Edward Baines - France - 1855 - 618 pages
...destruction of its cum merce and resources, were some lime since issued by the government of France, W : ` G '4 <L x e .t r 9 [> Kִ ł 2 T ^jޗ block ade,' thereby subjecting to rapture and condein nation all vessels, with their cargoes, which... | |
| George Buchanan - 1856 - 852 pages
...every VOL. vi. 4 t BOOK viuurtcr. But this Berlin decree was to be a full rrnuital •jr YYI . 1 By it, the British islands were declared to be in a state of blockade. All traffic or communication with them was prohibited ; all British property or merchandise found in any... | |
| James Handasyd Perkins, James R. Albach - Indians of North America - 1857 - 1038 pages
...the commerce of the United States. In November, 1806, Napoleon issued the famous decree of Berlin, by which the British Islands were declared to be in a state of 1808. BRITISH ADVISE INDIAN HOSTILITIES. 821 blockade. Immediately, England directed reprisals against... | |
| Leeds (England) - 1860 - 806 pages
...commerce between the British dominions and the countries subject to his control. By this decree also, the British islands were declared to be in a state of blockade: subjects of England found in other countries occupied by the French were declared prisoners of war;... | |
| William Francis Collier - History - 1860 - 388 pages
...of British commerce ; but the petty squibs fizzed harmlessly at the foot of the great unshaken tree. The British islands were declared to be in a state of blockade. The Continent of Europe was to hold no correspondence, to transact no business whatever with Britain.... | |
| William Freke Williams - 1864 - 786 pages
...conjunction with the Milan decrees promulgated in 1807, formed what was termed the Continental System), the British islands were declared to be in a state of blockade; all subjects of England found in countries occupied by French troops, were declared prisoners of war, and... | |
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