Marx and Engels soon began using the German
French yearbook as a mouthpiece for their
radical ideas which in this way began circulating
in Germany.
The Prussian authorities soon began seizing
copies of the magazine and put pressure on
the French government to restrain Marx as
a result of the magazine was closed down and
Marx was expelled from France.
Rather than return to Germany, he departed
for Belgium which had becoming independent
just 14 years earlier and took up residence
in Brussels.
The impecunious Marx family was increased
to four when Jenny gave birth to a son.
Engels followed Marx to Brussels where they
both joined the newly formed communist league
