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Austrian reactions to the Prussian Occupation of Saxony 27 July - 15 August 1815 Following the armistace with France Scwarzenburg's army redployed itoBavaria. Napoleon's Armee du Nord advanced into WestphaliaNassau and the Rhineland. Yorck's now heavily outnumbered army retied into Saxony and...

Saxony might not have a future. It may be swallowed up by Prussia or carved up like Poland/ There could be some form of Congress Kingdom of Poland and perhaps Saxony may get similar treatment. Frederick Augustus will likely die in exile. There may well be a Saxon nationalist movement later

Napoleon might well attempt to resurrect the Kingdom of Italy/Confederation of the Rhine at some point as French buffer states against Prussia and Austria. He will certainly meddle in these areas. How succesful he will be s another matter. Certainly it will be an important feature of the coming...

25 - 26 July 1815 Armistce of Aix La Chapelle Schwarzenburg, Metternich, Napoleon and diplomats from Austria and France and various southern met in a hastly arranged conclave at Aix la Chapelle. Napoleon, pleased that Austria and many of the German states were withdrawing from the 7th...

Military Operations July 1815 In late June a probe near Strasbourg by Austrian and Bavarian forces undr the command of General Wrede had been sevrely checked by Genera Rapp's V Corps at La Soufel on 28 June. Soon after Rapp#s forces were joined by Napoleon's victorious Armee du Nord and...

Vienna 21 July 1815 Metternich regarded the Prussian/Russian occupation of Saxony. As he understood it this action was contrary to the agreements made just a few months earlier at the Congress of Vienna. He summoned the ambassadors of both nations and informed them that Austria would be...

The Congress System was more of a diplomatic agreement than a military coalition. In our timeline it lasted until the 1848 Revolutions There will have to be some compromise agreement over Saxony. If/when Napoleon annexes Belgium the Great Powers will feel that it is more important to contain...

The arsenic theory has been largely discredited For this timeline I will be using the gastric cancer theory to kill Napoleon off though it would be interesting to have conspiracy theorists of TTL suggesting arsenic poisoning at the hands of Royalist Agents working for the Compte d'Artois. In my...

Don't forget Meternich was probably the most brilliant statesmen of the age. If Napoleon is seen as the greater threat Russia, Prussiia and Austria can come to some form of compromise over Saxony and move on to this timelie's Congress System. I won't be easy, Remember Napoleon will probably...

Gastric Cancer, if that is what killed Napoleon has been linked to Diabetes. Diabetes has also been linked to periods of extreme fatigue which we know Napoleon had from time to time. I wonder if it is possible that Napoleon had undiagnosed diabetes...

At last some will see Napoleon as a lving legend. His position in France ia unassaable. However the othwer Europea Great powers will still regard him as a threat. War has not worked, hence a policy of containment is going to be the next best thing. IOTL Metternich organised th Congress System to...