224 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1794. 



made on the 14th of November, 

 17Q4, and in substance the same 

 with the conclusum of the circle of 

 Franconia. 



WE are much affected by the 

 pKCsent dangerous crisis that 

 involves the German empire, r^id 

 with the warmest degree of sympa- 

 thy we are fully convinced, that 

 peace only is the most certain 

 means of saving it from the effects 

 of an unhappy issue ef a just war 

 of defence. Nothing, therefore, 

 can be more important, or more 

 Jigreeable, to us than an energetic 

 contribution of every exertion in 

 our power, for the obtaining of so 

 desirable an object as speedily as 

 possible ; and, previous to this, a 

 suspension of arms. We shall 

 willingly seize every occasion that 

 may contribute towards a happy 

 issue of affairs, hoping that the re- 

 presentation submitted to us, and 

 sent to the emperor, by the lauda- 

 ble assembly of the circle, wmU not 

 fail of its object. — In the mean 

 while, our whole army shall re- 

 main upon the Rhine and the 

 Mayne, to cover and defendthe 

 contiguous parts of the empire, 

 and the right shore of that river. 



^fter theaboveproceedings, the twen- 

 ty/ thousand Prussiam, who wcreon 

 their march to the frontiers of 

 Poland, received orders from Ber- 

 lin, to return to their former si- 

 tuation on the banks q} the Rhine; 

 onaccount of that event, andin or- 

 der to prepare the tieccssaj-y provi- 

 sions for them in the places through 

 which they were to march, thcfol- 



lowing requisition of count Hard- 

 enberg, the Prussian minister of 

 state, was circulated. 



WHEREAS themof iveswhich 

 induced his Prussian majesty ■" 

 to order a corps of 20,000 men from 

 his array, destined for the defence of 

 the German empire, to march to 

 Southern Prussia have at present 

 been removed by the happy occur- 

 rences which happened in those 

 countries ; hismajesty, being besides 

 convinced, that, in order to procure 

 the accomplishment of the anxious 

 wishes of several of the states of 

 the empire to obtain a speedy peace, 

 his majesty thinks it indispensably 

 necessary to oppose to the enemy 

 the most vigorous preparations of 

 war, and to prevent their farther 

 progress. His majesty, therefore, 

 has come to a resolution to order 

 this corps of 20,000 of his troops 

 to return to their former position on 

 the Rhine, for thepurpose of securing 

 theGermanfrontiersagainstthe dan- 

 gers with which theyare threatened. 

 The undersigned minister of state 

 to his Prussian majesty, not having 

 due time t&' make formal requisi- 

 tions, in oider to procure the free 

 passage for those troops through the 

 did'erent places on their route, and 

 which might in a great measure op- 

 pose their salutary march, has to 

 request, tb.at by this, his undersign- 

 ed requisition, these troops not only 

 should be permitted to pass fieely 

 through the different towns on the 

 road towards their destination, but 

 also to find quarters every wber*^, 

 and to be supplied with provisions, 

 i!nd other articles of necessity, ac- 

 cording to the regulations establish- 



