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HISTORY OF EUROPE. : 
* quit Vienna in such a case ; and the 
stoppape of payment, at the bank, 
completed, at once, the fears and: 
_ dissatisfaction of the public. 
Buonaparte was, in the mean 
_ time, collecting, and concentrating 
- his forces, in order to proceed, in 
_a direct march, to Vienna, where 
_ he notified, to the directory, that he 
hoped, shortly, to plant the standard 
_ of France, if the emperor still con- 
) tinued averse to a peace. He now 
fixed his head quarters at Clagen- 
farth, where those of the archduke 
_had been some days before, in order 
to render his expulsion from this 
_ place, and his reverse of fértune, 
_ the more remarkable, through a 
‘eircumstance that would not fail 
to attract notice from its particu- 
larity. 
_ ~ Agleam of returning fortune had, 
| on the other hand, attended the 
_ Austrian arms in the Tyrol. The 
inhabitants of that province had 
~ risen in a mass, and joined the forces 
_ ander general Laudohn. -Strength- 
_ ened by numbers, which, though un- 
_ disciplined, were not the less brave 
__and enterprizing, he resolved to at- 
- tack ‘the division under Joubert, 
f 
_ the twenty-eighth of March, had 
| taken post at Botzen, in order to 
give some’ respite'to ‘his men, after 
Jn. the fourth of April they were 
sailed’ by the Austrian ‘troops, 
Ove powered by immensity of num- 
bers; they were obliged to give 
_ Way, ‘and ‘retire ‘to Brixen, which 
they were also obliged'to abandon 
 thefollowing day. Here, however, 
-Minated, Buonaparte’s plan re- 
quiring the united strength of all 
who, ‘after his successful action, on’ 
_ the fatigues they “had undergone. 
1 'co njunction with the Tyrolese.. 
the success of the Austrians ter. 
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his forces, Joubert’s division pro- 
ceeded through the Tyrol to join 
him. Laudehn followed, but could 
make no impression upon Joubert, 
who arrived at the main army with 
eight thousand prisoners, and all the 
other captures he had made. 
During these transactions, the ar- 
rangements that had ‘been made, in 
the French army, had completely 
prepared it for the execution of 
the design in agitation. Hoping, 
however, that its formidable appear= 
ance might produce the effect there- 
by intended, which was ‘to put a step 
to ‘hostilities, Buonaparte: availed 
himself of the manifest superiority 
of bis situation, to make overtures of 
peace to-the archduke Charles. To 
this intent he wrote a letter to ‘him, 
which, at ‘the time, excited. the 
universal attention of all Zurope. - 
Brave soldiers, he said, made war, 
but desired peace. ‘The war had 
now lasted six years. ‘Mcn eseugh 
had: been.’ slaughtered, and ‘evils. 
enough committed against suffering 
humanity. Such, he noticed, were 
the exclamations’on all sides. Fu- 
repe, which had +aken up arms 
against the Frenth republic, ‘had 
laid them idown, and Austria: alone 
continued its enemy.’ Biood was 
still to flow, a sixth campaign was 
announced, and, ‘whatever might be 
the result, thousands of gallant sol- 
diers must ‘fall aisacrifice. At some 
périod, ‘nevertheless, he observed, 
both ‘parties must come to an un- 
derstanding, since time brought all 
things to a conclusion, and extin- 
guished the most inveterate resent- 
ments. 
The French directory had ex- 
pressed a desire to terminate this 
ruinous contest, but their pacific 
overtures were defeated by the in- 
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