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HISTORY OF EUROPE. 
position of the Austrians, and the si- 
‘uation of the army of the north. 
‘The Austrian advanced posts had 
penetrated the French frontier, and 
taken possession of Orchies and Ba- 
vay. The French force in that 
aca was very much divided and 
ispersed. The entrenched camp 
‘at Maubeuge, and another at 
“Maulde, with tbe strong fortress of 
Valenciennes, formed the princi- 
ea 
the French. Dumouriez, who com- 
» manded at Maulde, in absence of 
Luckner, had repaired to Valen- 
‘ciennes, from whence he corres- 
‘ponded with Fayette on the situa- 
tion of affairs, and wishing him to 
make some movenients in his fa- 
- vour. 
It appears thata good understand- 
Ing did not subsist between these 
generals; and that the Austrians 
were in a fair way of making still 
farther progress, without having 
‘much resistance to apprehend, 
Damouriez, in his plan for checking 
the progress of the Austrians, rested 
principally upon his position at 
aulde; which evidently appears to 
have been well taken. 
 . Inthis posture of military affairs 
- Luckner left Paris, and returned to 
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his command. On the 27th July, 
_ the Duke of Brunswick, who by this 
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time had fully established his head 
warters at Cobleutz, published his 
famous manifesto * ; which in place 
of serving the cause of kings, in 
which he was engaged, only united 
‘the various and divided opinions of 
‘Frenchmen, and bound more firm- 
dy the Jacobin faction ; while at the 
_ Same time it made numberless con- 
vey! 
_ Verts to their opinions, 
_ tothis measure, there was tlie great- 
Previously 
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al points of defence on the part of 
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est difficulty in recruiting the armies 
of France; but such was the patri- 
otic spirit which this manifesto in- 
spired, that, in eight days, no less 
a number than 10,715 young men 
voluntarily, and without bounty, 
enrolled their names in the common 
hall of Paris, for the defence of their 
country. A similar spirit manifest- 
ed itself throughout the different 
departments of France. The war 
carried on between the Austrians 
and French, on the side of Valen- 
ciennes, Orchies, Bavay, and Mau- 
beuge, was merely a diversion, to 
assist the arrival of the Prussian and 
Austrian detachments, for the grand 
attack by the way of Luxemburg. 
When matters began to ripen, the 
Austrian forces relinquished thesuc- 
cess they had obtained in French 
Flanders, and returned within the 
line of their own frontier. In the 
mean time, the army of Fayette 
had marched towards the Rhine. 
During its progress on the 23d, and 
three succeeding days, the enemy 
engaged them with various success, 
but which chiefly ended in favour of 
the French. There appear about 
this time very great commotions in 
the Austrian army, and a strong in- 
clination on the part of the sol- 
diery to desertion,—liberal rewards 
were offered by the French, to all 
those whoshould resort tothe stand- 
ard of liberty. At this time not less 
than 150 Austrian soldiers deserted 
in one day to Valenciennes, 
M. Luckner had by this time ar- 
rived at hiscommand, in the neigh- 
bourhood of Mentz. Biron and 
Custine made a push beyond Lan- 
dau, and put to death 400 hussars ; 
after which they retreated to Lan- 
dau, on hearing of a considerable 
* See State Pap rs, p, 229. | 
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