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Memoirs of the late Duke of Brunswick. [Jan. I , 



fliirmidi of any note. A ncgociation 

 liavini:;; takrii place, the troops appci- 

 tainiiic; to both purti»'» foou withdrew to 

 their rclpective cjiiartcrs ; and the jieace 

 of Germany «ai wifely prcfcrvcd by 

 means of a coinproinifc. It ou^ht iint 

 to ]^v omitted, lio«cver, th;it his Seic iie 

 Ili^hntils (hitingniflied liinil'elf lireutly, 

 by the manner in which lie maintained 

 the |ioll of Truppao. 



Two years after this important event, 

 t]ie Dnke of i'ruiifwick died; and tl.e 

 Hereditary Prince, of eunrfe, fncceeded 

 to his titles and dominions. To the me- 

 lioration of the latter lie devoted a larjic 

 portion of his time, and lie lias always 

 been confidered as a model for the io- 

 vcrcii^ns on the continent. He indeed 

 aeqnircd, as he merited, from his fub- 

 jccts, the. silorious title of " Tathcr of 

 liis Country !" 



JMeaiiwhiie, the old King of Pruflia, 

 partly overcome by age, and partly u 

 niaitvr to a moll cnonnnus apjietitc, (lied 

 fnll of 2;lorv and renown, llis ftircclVor 

 not only paid the legacy which bail been 

 left the Duke of Bruniwick by his un- 

 cle, but be wrote a letter with his own 

 band, in which, after exlollinu hi., fer- 

 VKvs, he intimated that be had ron- 

 fericd on him the rank of Tield-Mai- 

 flial.« 



A few mdiitbs after this, tlie Duke 

 was ap])oiiiied to the conmiand of an 

 annv, for the oNprefe purpofc of rein- 

 iiating the Stadlholder. The ollenlil)le 

 object of this invalion was a pretindc d 

 inink olK-red to the titter of rrederuk 

 William H., the eonfort of the I'rincc 

 of Orange ; and a luru;e body of troojis 

 hnvinij; been fuddenly aflemblcd iu Wi'lU 

 ph;ilia, the Field i\lailhal immedialcly 



fihiced hiiufelf at their bead, while Kng- 

 Mv\ not only arincd in the fame caelie, 

 lint fmn'djcd ti fum of mmu T, in order 

 to oiifnro fiiccels. 'J'lie Cardiiud tie 

 Brienne, at this lime minifter of IVance, 

 in(i<ad of goiui:; to uar on behalf of an 

 n!ly, confined hinifelf to ncsociations ; 

 fu that the Ihikc was enabletl to march 

 ii'nnio'.efieil into that coimtry which bad 

 Id fieciLiently made fiich a *;allaiit rclill- 

 :aice to its' in\aders, and the frontier 



* Mirabeaui who was then at Kcrlin, ex- 

 preirei hinfelt in the tollow'ng nn.inner on 

 tills occafioii : 



" Du i.' J.uiuicr, 17S7«— If fuir. 



«' Ltt Koi a iiomDiiS aiijourd'hui Ic Due de 

 Emnwick Ftld-Marccluil. Ceil .'.iriirement 

 le premier de fe.; rhoix »jui lui a fjit hoii- 

 I viT, et toiite Ic monds; a approuvc qu'on 

 eut l«ilt une ^i-omot'.on pour .;e i'lincc leu!." 



towns immediately furrendercd on Iiis 

 approach. Utrecht, at one period fo 

 cclelirated for its patriotic fpirit, capitu- 

 lated ahiii/ft at the firll fummons ; w bile 

 .■\mlif-i-dani, the laft refuge of the ftates 

 of Hijlland, was forced to yield without 

 a liriigcle. In fliort, " in the fpace of 

 tucuty days, 20,000 IVulVr.uis overcame 

 that republic which liad fo gallantly and 

 fuccefsfully contended with Phili]» II. 

 foriti liberties, and with Louis XI\^ for 

 its independence."' 



This expedition, fo fliort in point of 

 duration, lb comjilete in refpeCt to exe- 

 cution, and fo brilliant when confidered 

 as a fcheme conceived and matured 

 ^^ ithin the Ihort Ipacc of a month, re- 

 llccted great glory on the Prullian arras. 

 Hut on the general who conducted it 

 the jioliticiaus .-md (latefuicn of that day 

 lavilhcd all their praifes ; and lie was 

 coniidcrcd as the molt Ikilful warrior, 

 and ablcll couufellor, that modern Eu- 

 rope had beheld fmcc the time of the 

 Great Prcdeiic. 



Accordinijly, foon after this event, 

 wiicn all the Kings of I^uropc were terri- 

 fied at the fiici-ci'sful revolt of a whole 

 people fiom an opjirelhon protected by 

 jirejiidice, and in foiiie mcafurc fanc- 

 tioncd by the practice of ages, the Duke 

 of Brnnfwick was looked up to as the 

 only ceneral capable of reducing the 

 I'rench nation within the pale of unli- 

 mited obedience. Uu this occalion, the 

 rival court=i of Vienna and Uerlin cordi- 

 ally united in the choice of the fame 

 loader, wlio, liaxing alfumed the com- 

 niand of the combined forces in .July, 

 1702, }n'e|)a;ed to advance from Cob- 

 lentz, for ihc purpol'e of avenging the 

 iufulis oli'erod to " the throne and the 

 altar." 



'J'lic wifdoin of the manifefto publifiicd 

 on this occalion, has always been eoidi- 

 • iered as e(|uivocal. After mentioning, 

 hi.-.dcUgu to interfere in the affairs of an 

 independent nation, Ins Serene Higinicls. 

 intimates his rel'olution to puuifh as 

 " rebels" fuch of the national militia as 

 fluHild be taken with arms in their hands 

 lor the purpofe of oppofmg a foreign in- 

 vader. The niagiftrates were reiiderctl 

 " iclpoiilible, with their beads anfl their 

 eftates," tor tho'c occurrences which tht-y • 

 tliemU'hes coidd not controul ; while tiie 

 city of Paris wa, threatened with defo- 

 latioii, and the members of the national 



* The HiAory of the Wars which aiofe 

 out of the French Revolution. Vol. i. p, 



afiembly 



