CHAPTER XXX.. Reign of Alexander I.

REIGN OF ALEXANDER I.

From 1807 to 1825.

The Field of Eylau.--Letter to the King of Prussia.--Renewal of the War--Discomfiture of the Allies.--Battle of Friedland.--The Raft at Tilsit.--Intimacy of the Emperors.--Alexander's Designs upon Turkey.--Alliance Between France and Russia.--Object of the Continental System.--Perplexities of Alexander.--Driven by the Nobles to War.--Results of the Russian Campaign.--Napoleon Vanquished.--Last Days of Alexander.--His Sickness and Death.