ABSTRACT
Edmund Burke wrote Thoughts on French Affairs as a memorandum to the Pitt ministry to spur Britain and other European powers to intervene militarily against the new French regime. France declared war on Austria and Prussia in April 1792, and its armies achieved a decisive victory over the Austrian and Prussian armies at Valmy in September 1792. Burke wrote Heads for Consideration on the Present State of Affairs against this background of French success and expansion. In Heads for Consideration, Burke acted as the quintessential foreign policy adviser, offering suggestions on military strategy and criticizing the Austrian and Prussian generals on their tactics leading to the Valmy debacle. Remarks on the Policy of the Allies was the third private memorandum Burke wrote between 1791 and 1793 to try to influence the course of British policy toward France. First Letter on a Regicide Peace is one of Burke's richest writings on foreign affairs.
