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Napoleonic Wars
It is enough for people to know that the Emperor of Russia and his army have crossed over the bridge.
Alexander I  (1777 - 1825)
Russian monarch
Said after the Russian army's entrance to Paris, when asked if he wished to change the name of the Pont d'Austerlitz (which commemorated a battle against Napoleon I in which Russia and its allies had been defeated).
Remark to French officials, April 1814.
 
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