Item #250665 Franz der Zweyte, von Gottes Gnaden erwählter römischer Kaiser, Erbkaiser von Oesterreich, u. u. Der Kaiser von Frankreich zwang Mich zum Kriege. [Caption title]. Holy Roman Emperor Franz II, Franz Graf von Sauran.

Napoleon Made Me Do It

Franz der Zweyte, von Gottes Gnaden erwählter römischer Kaiser, Erbkaiser von Oesterreich, u. u. Der Kaiser von Frankreich zwang Mich zum Kriege. [Caption title].

Wien: 28 October 1805.

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[3] ff. 1 vols. 4to. Napoleon Made Me Do It. Removed. paper excision in gutter margin, leaves slightly toned. Very good. OCLC 249470850 and 254364523 (each imprint held in Staatsbibliothek Berlin only).

Item #250665

The emperor of France forced me to go to war!
Imperial Call-Up to “fight for Europe’s freedom, the security of thrones and of peoples”.

In response to the breach of treaty, military provocations, and invasion of Germany by Napoleon, Franz II, Holy Roman emperor and hereditary emperor of Austria, calls for inner strength, unity, and decisive action to save the throne, independence, national honor and national happiness. Franz II and the members of his coalition the emperor of Russia and others, took up the “fight for Europe’s freedom, the security of thrones and of peoples”. Dated 28 October 1805, in the name of the Emperor, by Franz, Graf von Sauran, Landesfürstlicher Hof-Commissar.

With a Nachricht of the same date, instructing youths of noble and bourgeois birth to present themselves for military service; and ordering foreigners (Fremden) in non-essential professions, positions, or industries to leave Vienna within six days, and from all of lower Austria within ten days. All horses and freight wagons are subject to guidelines for use on official or public business

The joint efforts of the coalition were in vain, and after their defeat by Napoleon at Austerlitz in August 1806, the Holy Roman Empire was dissolved.