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by Friedrich August I. » Fri Mar 22, 2013 2:30 pm
Burkhard,
You may be right about the Bavarians. But unknown to most of those who blamed Saxony for staying with Napoleon is the threat that Napoleon pronounced to the King of Saxony. He threatend Friedrich August with burning Dresden to the Ground and to be relentless against the population of Saxony if he dont come back from Prague to Saxony immediatly.
So, no choice at all but to stay until the end... the short straw!
Cheers,
Günter
„Macht Euch Euren Dregg alleene“
"Sort your filth out by yourself!" The King of Saxony Friedrich August III., at his abdication 1918, referred to the quarrels in the parliament and the squabbling within the provisional government.