I've been reading up on Paul, looking to do a timeline, but can't work out exactly what the plans were for this - found a good online book that shows that the order was definitely given, and the force set out, and that it was somewhere around Ekaterinburg when Alexander called it back after Paul's death.
But what exactly was the plan?
And, as far as I can see from the masses of secret communications, it was expected in Paris that the Cossack expedition would be followed up by a larger joint Russo-French expedition...
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Grey Wolf