The Anglo-Russian War was fought between the United Kingdom and the Russian Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. It began after Russia signed the Treaty of Tilsit with the First French Empire, which end
Battle between the Russian ship Opyt and the British frigate HMS Salsette, off the coast of Nargen Island, 11th July 1808 Leonid Demyanovich Blinov, 1888
Centaur and Implacable watching as Vsevolod burns on 26 August 1808
Treaties of Tilsit
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The Treaties of Tilsit, also collectively known as the Peace of Tilsit, were two peace treaties signed by French Emperor Napoleon in the town of Tilsit in July 1807 in the aftermath of his victory at
Anglo-Russian War (1807–1812)
…September 1807 – 18 July 1812) was fought between the United Kingdom and the Russian Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. It began after Russia signed the Treaty of Tilsit with the First French Empire, which ended hostilities between the two nations. During the war, actual military engagements were limited primarily to…
The Meeting of Napoleon I and Tsar Alexander I at Tilsit, by Adolphe Roehn, 1808
A French medallion dating from the post-Tilsit period. It shows the French and Russian emperors embracing each other.
Napoleon, Alexander I of Russia, Queen Louise of Prussia, and Frederick William III in Tilsit
Farewell of Napoleon and Alexander after the Peace of Tilsit by Gioacchino Giuseppe Serangeli