War of 1812 Vienna, during which British diplomats had clashed with Russian and Prussian diplomats over the terms of the peace with France, and there were fears at the Britain might have go to war with Russia and Prussia. Now each side was tired of the war. Export trade was all but paralyzed and after Napoleon fell in 1814 France was no longer an enemy of Britain, so the Royal Navy no longer needed to stop American shipments to France, and it no longer needed to impress more seamen. It had ended the practices that so angered the Americans in 1812. The British
War and Pieces War and Pieces War and Pieces is a 1964 Warner Bros. "Looney Tunes" theatrical animated short. It was directed by Chuck Jones, and features Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner. It was the last Warner Bros. cartoon directed by Chuck Jones until 1980's "Soup or Sonic". The title is a pun on the Leo Tolstoy novel "War and Peace". Wile E. Coyote (Caninus nervous rex) attempts to hurl a hand grenade at Road Runner (Burn-em upus asphaltus), but it rebounds off a saguaro, and explodes on the Coyote. He walks away, planning his next scheme. Wile E. is at