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He informed the French ambassador Colbert de Croissy that to his regret he had to terminate the English war effort and told the Dutch via the Spanish consul in London, the Marquess del Fresno, that, his main war aim, to install his noble nephew as stadtholder, having been attained, there was no longer any objection on his side to concluding a lasting peace between the two Protestant brother nations, if only some minor " indemnities " could be paid.
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Sure enough, mail began trickling in, delivered by a talkative, highly amused French postman who informed me there had been quite a debate at the post office as to whether that address would be recognized.
The emerging currents of secular humanist thought which had inspired Bentham also informed the French Revolution, and when the newly-formed National Constituent Assembly began drafting the policies and laws of the new republic in 1792, groups of militant ' sodomite-citizens ' in Paris petitioned the Assemblée nationale, the governing body of the French Revolution, for freedom and recognition.
The Germans were upset at having not been informed about French intentions, and declared their support for Moroccan independence.
" In April 1798, President Adams informed Congress of the " XYZ Affair ", in which French agents had demanded a large bribe for the restoration of diplomatic relations with the United States.
Whenever he encountered British merchants or fur-traders, Céloron informed them of the French claims on the territory and told them to leave.
When Céloron's expedition arrived at Logstown, the Native Americans in the area informed Céloron that they owned the Ohio Country and that they would trade with the British regardless of the French.
Early on the morning of 10 June 1944, Diekmann informed Weidinger at regimental headquarters that he had been approached by two members of the Milice, the French secret police that collaborated with the German Gestapo, who claimed that a Waffen SS officer was being held by the Resistance in Oradour-sur-Vayres, a nearby village.
Over the winter of 1319 – 20 Philip convened a number of meetings with French military leaders in preparation for a potential second expedition, that in turn informed Bishop William Durand's famous treatise on crusading.
Quebec citizens who believe their right as consumers " to be informed and served in French " is not being respected can file a complaint to the OQLF which is responsible for processing these complaints.
A man from Prentiss was initially hired to run the theatre, but he was soon " sent packing " and Edgar French informed his son, George Lewis French, that " You're taking over that picture show.
His stained glass was particularly informed by the French Symbolist movement.
In 1648, the relatively brief Second English Civil War broke out, and Rupert informed the French King that he would be returning to King Charles ' service.
A French reconnaissance balloon, l ' Entreprenant, operated by the Aerostatic Corps, continuously informed General of Division ( MG ) Jean-Baptiste Jourdan about Austrian movements.
Intelligence received on 4 July informed the Archduke that the French had weakened their position at Pressburg, a clear sign that the enemy would launch its operations very soon.
When Emile Verhaeren died on 27 November 1916 at Rouen station ( by falling under a train ), it was Théo van Rysselberghe and his friend, the famous French writer ( and later Nobel Prize winner ) André Gide who informed Marthe Verhaeren of the death of her husband.
His position was a difficult one, for Napoleon III did not keep him fully informed as to the course of French policy.
On March 17, 1778, four days after a French ambassador informed the British government that they had officially recognized the United States as an independent nation with the signing of The Treaty of Alliance and The Treaty of Amity and Commerce, England declared war on France directly engaging them in the American Revolutionary War.
Instead, Gamelin informed Marshal Edward Rydz-Śmigły that 1 / 2 of his divisions were in contact with the enemy, and that French advances had forced the Wehrmacht to withdraw at least six divisions from Poland.
The following day, the commander of the French Military Mission to Poland General Louis Faury informed the Polish Chief of Staff — General Wacław Stachiewicz — that the major offensive on the western front planned for 17-20 September had to be postponed.
Selim III then wrote a letter to Tipu Sultan criticizing the French, and also informed Tipu Sultan that the Ottomans would act as intermediary between the Sultanate of Mysore and the British.
In 1765 an entry on the Causeway appeared in volume 12 of the French Encyclopédie, which was informed by the engravings of Drury's work ; the engraving of the " East Prospect " itself appeared in a 1768 volume of plates published for the Encyclopédie.
The French were informed of the plan and the leaders arrested and executed.
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On 3 October, Friedrich Werner von der Schulenburg, German ambassador in Moscow, informed Joachim Ribbentrop that the Soviet government was willing to cede the city of Vilnius and its environs.
Giustino Fortunato, prime minister of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, knew of the letters from Paolo Ruffo, neapolitan ambassador in London, but he didn't informed the king Ferdinand II.
The episode, where Hacker is kept in the dark by the Foreign Office but can make an informed decision thanks to a conversation with the Israeli ambassador, is partly based on an actual incident narrated to Lynn by his uncle Abba Eban.
In April Austria's navy was on its way to attack Copenhagen and Palmerston saw the Austrian ambassador and informed him that Britain could not allow their navy to sail through the English Channel if their intent was to attack Denmark, and if it entered the Baltic the result would be war with Britain.
King, on the advice of one of his ministers, decided, in view of the above-mentioned demands, not to receive Count Benedetti any more, but to have him informed, by an adjutant, that His Majesty had now received Leopold confirmation of the news which Benedetti had already had from Paris and had nothing further to say to the ambassador.
On July 7, the German ambassador in Paris informed the French Government that Germany had no territorial aspirations in Morocco and would negotiate for a French protectorate on the basis of " compensation " for Germany in the French Congo region and the safeguarding of her economic interests in Morocco.
The influence of Halifax procured for the Dutch a formal assurance from Charles of his support ; but the king informed the French ambassador that he had no intention of fulfilling his engagements, and made another secret treaty with Louis.
At the same time they implored the emperor's protection, and the Austrian chancellor Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz informed Noailles, the French ambassador that this protection would be given if necessary.
" While waiting for the head of the staff the hearing was adjourned ; it was arranged not to resume it that day, for in the interval the government, informed of the incident, had opposed the production of a document which brought the foreign embassies into the case, and of which Hanotaux, the minister for foreign affairs, warned by the Italian ambassador, Tornielli, suspected the genuineness.
On 24 March 1904, France formally informed the German ambassador of the new Anglo-French Convention.
With the British aware from Ultra and Miss Kapp ( Moyzisch's new secretary ) that he was working for the Germans, he would only have known about Overlord, about which the British ambassador to Turkey would never have been informed, just what Department XX of MI6 wished to reveal.
On 21 December 2006, Saudi Arabia informed the United States Department of State of its intention to appoint al-Jubeir as the new ambassador to Washington.
At 11pm Trans-Baikal time on 8 August 1945, Soviet foreign minister Molotov informed Japanese ambassador Sato that the Soviet Union had declared war on the Empire of Japan, and that from August 9 the Soviet Government would consider itself to be at war with Japan.
Though in response to a cable of inquiry sent by Secretary John Hay to Ambassador Robert S. McCormick at St. Petersburg, asking if relief could be sent to the sufferers, the ambassador stated that he was informed officially that there was no distress or want in south-western Russia, nevertheless mass-meetings were held in almost every city of importance, and the comments in the newspapers portrayed the feelings of horror of the American people.
The ambassador informed the Sharia court that he had been deliberately deceived by the bride's mother, who had shown him photographs of the bride's sister.
:" They also informed us that the side of their island ( Taprobane ) which lies opposite to India is ten thousand stadia in length, and runs in a south-easterly direction -- that beyond the Emodian Mountains ( Himalayas ) they look towards the Serve ( Seres ), whose acquaintance they had also made in the pursuits of commerce ; that the father of Rachias ( the ambassador ) had frequently visited their country, and that the Seræ always came to meet them on their arrival.
On 12 February 1571, the king was informed by the Spanish ambassador that news was had in London from France that the pope had ceded to the Spanish crown the kingdom created for Philip and Queen Mary I of England, which had fallen vacant upon the excommunication of Elizabeth by the bull Regnans in Excelsis, and that it was rumoured that Stukley was to be sent to England with 14 to 15 companies of troops.
On removing to Paris, Fitzgibbon informed the English ambassador there, Sir Francis Walsingham, of Stukley's schemes.
:" They also informed us that the side of their island ( Taprobane ) which lies opposite to India is ten thousand stadia in length, and runs in a south-easterly direction — that beyond the Emodian Mountains ( Himalayas ) they look towards the Serve ( Seres ), whose acquaintance they had also made in the pursuits of commerce ; that the father of Rachias ( the ambassador ) had frequently visited their country, and that the Seræ always came to meet them on their arrival.
In 1875, the duc de Decazes, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, informed him of a confidential despatch from the French ambassador to Berlin, discussing German plans to attack France, and requested Blowitz publish an exposé ; he did so, provoking a storm of public opinion, and effectively preventing any chance of the German intention being carried out.
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