NEWSFLASHES FROM AROUND THE WORLD – 1807

Coming Tuesday, October 15, 2013 –  brief news stories from St. Petersburg, Russia; the Atlantic Ocean; Washington City[DC]; London; and Edime, Ottoman Empire to see tensions ratchet up between the British Empire, her former colonies, the Russian Tsar, and the French Empire. After the humiliating peace treaty following the Battle of Trafalgar, pressure is building on Britain to act or lose her role as the First among empires.