Report, if you have a problem with this page“ The French army had crowned a campaign of extraordinary successes by defeating the Austrians at Jemappes and pressing on to occupy a large swathe of Belgium and threaten Holland. For Britain, this changed everything: a French republic that spread across the North Sea coast meant the entire coastline facing Britain would be in Republican hands. ”
Mike Jay
From : A Visionary Madness: The Case of James Tilly Matthews and the Influencing Machine