"Croatian Soldiers Aid Britain Against Napoleon" Topic
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| Tango01 | 10 Dec 2018 3:37 p.m. PST |
"After defeating the combined Russian and Austrian amies at Austerlitz (Sadkov) in 1805, Napoleon promoted nations penalized under the ancien regime, especially the Poles, Italians and Croats. Thus at the Peace of Pressburg (Bratislava) in December 1805, Austria lost territory to French client states, and Napoleon turned the Croat lands into the French provinces of Illyria (1805 1813), a new geopolitical construct. Ruled by Marshal Marrnont from 1805-1810, who was promoted to the title of the Duke of Ragusa (Dubrovnik) in 1809, the Illyrian Republic enjoyed little autonomy but still benefited from exposure to modern western institutions, reforms and ideas…."
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