English Translation

52 - Support of the English naval power.1) The Black Sea fleet was ready to support the Turks, as the French had occupied the Jonian islands. It was allowed to enter the Mediterranean for the first time through the Dardanelles. After the English victory at Abukir the united Russian-Turkish Flctte succeeded in reconquering the islands. Together with the English, Russians operate in the Netherlands. The brilliant victories of the Russians under Suvorov's brilliant leadership in Upper Italy follow. But the disappointment for Paul, who saw himself partly only lukewarmly supported by his allies, also quickly followed their counter-work, while he thought not for conquests, but "for the re-establishment of the shaken thrones and desecrated altars", about the enlargement of his Italian possessions, instead of the overthrow of the revolutionary government. The Vienna Court of War Council put Suvorov's triumphal run an obstacle after the capture of Ancona the Austrians insulted the Russian flag. It came to a break with Öster- On 22 October 1799 Suvorova and his army were called back to Russia. In vain, Whitworth had tried to exploit all his far-reaching relations with the court circles in order to change the emperor's mind. He had already thought of a North League with England, Prussia and the Scandinavian Sueaats against Austria and France. Paul was equally disappointed by the English alliance. He soon realized that the words of the sovereignty of the monarchies against the revolution were only words, and the English in fact wanted to exploit the Russian troops only for themselves. In Italy the English leave 1) Letter Paul I to Suvorov v. 4.2.1799 at Šil'der S.399; Stählin 3, p.25; Aleksandrenko 1, p.76; Sumigorskij S.146,159. 2) Šumigorskij p.158, 178, 3) Stählin 3 p.27. 4) Rescript to Vorontsov of 15 October 1799 at Aleksandrenko 2, p.272-275.