Talk:Treaty of Amiens
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Does "French Guinea" here refer to French Guiana, or to some section of Africa? - Montréalais
- The text is correct: the treaty concern French Guiana, not French Guinea. --Ann O'nyme 13:54, 22 Aug 2003 (UTC)
Someone should make a redirection thing for Peace of Amiens to point here - not sure how to do it or I would myself...
This article is rather incorrect and somewhat one-sided. For one thing, the Treaty was essentially broken by the Prime Minister, who was Addington, not Pitt as the Wiki article states. Addington was Prime Minister until 10th May 1804, and realised that his own negotiations had been wrong. He broke his own treaty because Napoleon was not holding up his own end of the bargain - the French were still occupying Holland and Savoy, and had just marched into Switzerland. He concluded that Napoleon could not be trusted and forbade the evacuation of Malta. 62.173.113.204 10:26, 21 October 2005 (UTC)Darkmind
I agree about the text being rather lopsided. In fact, some of it looks almost identical to the description at http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/t/tr/treaty_of_amiens.htm except for a few changes to give the piece here a very-anti British spin. (Note how both pieces use the verb "balked" - but the other one I've given the link for mentions the French also weren't following the treaty). It'd be much better to give a fuller picture of both sides - such as the French annexations which raised tensions too. 86.53.37.182 12:17, 23 October 2005 (UTC) MarkP
Ok, I made a few changes. Hope it all looks ok. Darkmind
