法兰西帝国的扩张主要靠军事征服。

The French empire had expanded largely through military conquest.

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在拿破仑的统治下，荷兰曾一度并入法兰西第一帝国，1815年荷兰王国成立，由今天的荷兰、比利时和卢森堡组成。

After briefly being incorporated in the First French Empire under Napoleon, the Kingdom of the Netherlands was formed in 1815, consisting of the present day Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.

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And, so, Paris is surrounded in this sort of glory that was supposed to be, the Empire has collapsed on the head of France.

由此,巴黎出现了一种荣耀的氛围,这并不奇怪,法兰西腐朽的帝国政权终于分崩离析

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One is that during the Second Empire, which was that regime of Napoleon III that lasted from 1852 to till he was really rounded up by the Prussians in 1870.

一个是法国当时正处于法兰西第二帝国时期,在拿破仑三世的统治之下,这段时期始于一八五二年,直到一八七零年他被普鲁士军队所俘虏

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