5 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1794. 



He proposes the Raising of the People hi a Mass ; but is opposed ly th£ 

 Prussian Deputij. Prejudice to t/ie Cause of the Confederacy from, these 

 Disagrccmejits. Subsidiary Treaty concluded between Great Britain ana 

 Prussia. "Discontctits produced thereby am o?ig great Nuvibcrs of the Peopla 

 in England. Their Suspicions of the good Faith both of the Austrian and 

 Prussian Ministers. Movements of the French yirmies in the Netherlands. 

 Condition of the Austrian Forces, and those (f the other Confederates. A 

 Council of ll'^ar held by the Allies. Plan of the ensuing Campaign proposed 

 by the Austrian Mi/iistry. Produces an yJltercation, irhich ends in a De- 

 termination of the Emperor to command the Confederate Army in Person. 

 He repairs to Bi'USsels, and is inaugurated us Sovereign of the Austrian iVV- 

 therlands. He assumes tic Cmnmandofthe Allied Army. The French at- 

 tacked and dejeated near Lnridrccy. Siege of that Touni undertaken. The 

 French attack the Troops if the Hereditary Prince of Orange, and are refnil' 

 sed. They obtain some yldvanlages over General Alvinzy, but are forced rt> 

 retire. They are attacked by the Duke of York, ar.d obliged to retreat to 

 Cambray. The Duke attacked by the French, but comfwh them to re- 

 tire irith Loss. 1 hey are repulsed at the same Time by Prince Cobourg. 

 General Pichegru attacks General Clairfait, defeats him, and takes Meniu 

 and Conrtrai. Lo'idrecy surrenders to the Allies. General Jourdain in- 

 vades the Duchy <f Liirembourg, and defeats the Austrian General Beauliem. 

 l^Lc Duke of York a/ tacked by the French near Toirrnai. The French re- 

 puked. They force General C.lnirfait to abandon Courtral ivith great Loss% 

 'J hey are defeated by General Kounitz near Mons. Th-; Allies attack tin 

 French in the Neighbourhood of Lisle, and gain some Advantages. The 

 French atla k ihe Allies, and vt'tain a complete llftory. Principal Cause of 

 their Successes. Great Defeat cf the French, ivho are driven back as far tut 

 Lisle. Again defeated tvith great Loss by General Kaunitz, Bouillon taken 

 by tlicAustrians, under General Beaulieu, whodefeats alarge Bodycf French. 

 He is aimpelled by General Jourdain to retire tozrards Namur. The 

 Irendi defeated with great Slaughter, by the Hereditary Prince of Orange, 

 and firced to withdraw from Charleroy. The Siege of Charlcroy resumed. 

 Buttle of Fleurus, wherein the Allies are entirely defeated, and lose great 

 Numbers. Debilitated State if their Army. Charlercnj surrenders lo tht\ 

 French. Ypres besieged by General Moreau, who gains a great Victory over \ 

 Clairfait, and takes that Town. Consequences of these two Eveiits. BrugesX 

 submits to the French. The Duke of York moves towards Oudenard. Tour' 

 ?iai surrenders to the French. Oudenard taken. 



WHEN the coalition of Eviropean confederacy had fovmerly appeared 



potentates against France first compcLentto make head against that 



took place, the majority of politiciajis potent monarchy, unassisted by lli« 



were of opinion, (hat in the state of others, and relying solely on theij 



disunionandreciprccnl mistrust wliere- single strength. In its most flourish" 



ii) the French nation was so deeply in- ingandforniidablecondition, itsneigh- 



volved, it would prove unable to resist hours when not disunited had sac 



the efforts that wereprepared to over- cessfully opposed its ambitious de-j 



whelm it. tjome of the powers iii the signs, and reduced it to the utmosti 



distressJ 



