25 March 1801
Peace
England keeps Ceylon & Trinidad & Malta restored to the Knights of St John.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Amiens in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
England keeps Ceylon & Trinidad & Malta restored to the Knights of St John.
France keeps her continental conquests.
Great Britain recognises the French Republic, the consequent peace, which lasted only one year, is the only period during which Great Britain was not at war with France during the so-called Great French War.
Signed by Joseph Bonaparte and the Marquess Cornwallis as a "Definitive Treaty of Peace" between France and the United Kingdom.
Pitt recognizes the French Directorate. Pitt has none of the ideological objections he had with the revolutionary regimes
Helps negotiate the Treaty of Amiens
An unfavourable peace is signed with France which quickly breaks down and leads to Pitt's return to power
The Treaty is made possible by William Pitt's resignation on a separate issue with Addington replacing him, the British negotiators are led by Robert Jenkinson, Lord Liverpool.
The Treaty of Amiens confirms "peace, friendship, and good understanding" and arranges for the restoration of prisoners and hostages.
Under the Treaty of Amiens Britain gives up the Cape Colony (occupied after Napoleon's invasion of the United Provinces in 1803), and much of the West Indies to the Batavian Republic, and also withdraws from Egypt.
Together with the Treaty of Lun‚ville (1801) the Treaty of Amiens marks the end of the Second Coalition
Haig approves secrecy and concentration measures for the planned Allied counteroffensive near Amiens.
Develops plans for a limited surprise attack east of Amiens.
Commands the British Expeditionary Force as Rawlinson's Fourth Army attacks with Debeney's French First Army at Amiens.
Commands British Fourth Army during the surprise attack east of Amiens, with Australian and Canadian corps in the centre.
Tank Corps supports the opening attack with large numbers of armoured vehicles.
Commands cavalry prepared to exploit breakthroughs made by infantry and tanks.
Directs British forces as the Amiens attack opens the Allied advance on the Western Front.
The Battle of Amiens opens in fog. British Fourth Army and French First Army break through German lines and begin the Hundred Days advance.
The Second Armys failure to secure the fall of Amiens (in particular the critically important railway junction) in the centre of the German line compromised the whole of Ludendorffs planned advance. 8-11 Aug, offensive instigated by Haig, ultimately leads to victory
Commands Fourth Army in the main British attack east of Amiens.
Supports the attack with massed tanks used to break German defensive positions.
Commands III Corps on the British left during the Amiens operation.
On 10th August the French 3rd Army launched attacks in the southern sector of the advance. Montdidier was re-captured and the Paris-Amiens railway line was once again in Allied control
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