Luis Henrique

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The principal business of the congress, which was to consider the necessity of keeping allied troops in France, had been discussed and settled beforehand, and was despatched quickly. The allies had already withdrawn 30,000 men of the occupation force in the previous year, and they now agreed to withdraw the rest; the last allied troops left French soil on 30 November 1818. In the same spirit, the unpaid balance of the indemnity which had been demanded of France was written off. But Richelieu’s request that she be admitted to the Alliance met with stiff opposition.
Rites of Peace: The Fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna
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