70S 



ANNUAL REGISTER, 1805. 



cession was to be deferred till the 

 M'ar had actually conmicnccd, and 

 they were always to remain together 

 as a separate body.^After what 

 had happened, (he Austrian generals 

 eould not consent to leave an in- 

 dependent and numerous corps iu 

 the rear and Hank of the Austrian 

 army, which was h.astcning forward. 

 — The Bavarian troops were not to 

 be embodied by n)en or conipajiies 

 Avith (he Austrians, as lias beiii 

 falsely ass.erted in the palatinate 

 part, but to remain togelhcr, in 

 whole regiments or brigades. The 

 entry of the Austrian and Russian 

 troops in Cxcrniany had been nolificd 

 ioth{i verene elector, who had only 

 made the exception of the districts 

 of Munich and iSympiienbnigh. — 

 As to the reqnisilions made for the 

 maintenance of the Austrian troops, 

 they are become indisptusible, from 

 the general practice of the French 

 army, as no other power could 

 Other\vi;,e cope with it. However, 

 since (he eiilry of llie French, (he 

 »ast dilierence between (licir mode 

 of raising re([niHi(ions, and the Aus- 

 trians, has been experienced. — Ne- 

 vertheless, to remove every pre- 

 tence, his majesty declared by his 

 f nvoy, eouiit Huoi, (Iiat he accept- 

 ed (tie condition ol' leaving (lie pala- 

 tine troops tos;etlier in a separate 

 corps. The objection stated in the 

 serene elector's letter of September 

 Sth, namely, (liat (he 'electoral 

 prince was in I'' ranee, was already 

 removed, by the wise ] r ciut'on of 

 the prince. Count Biiol was even 

 empowered to be linaliy satisfied 

 "with the dismissal (instead of the 

 cession) of the troops, by tlie way 

 of fiir'ough, or even of the Bavarian 

 troops alone. — All was refused. 

 The Frencii troops were received 

 hy the elector with open arms, and 



all the palatine troops joined them. 

 They take the field against his ma- 

 jesty, and against the emperor of 

 Russia, and war has been declared, 

 — In a word, the elector became 

 false to his word, which he had given 

 as a prince, and as a man ; false to 

 his peo])le, and to his emperor; to 

 the proved friendship of the empe- 

 ror Alexander; to the security and 

 weltare of Germany, and of Eu- 

 rope, which depend on tlie event 

 of this war compelled by France, 

 Tliis is (hetruestatemunt of a con- 

 duct, which the loyal subjects of 

 that ])riiice loudly deprecate, at 

 which tlie honourable and patriotic 

 feelings of bis brave troops revolt, 

 M ho arc now shedding their blood, 

 not for the deliverance of Germany, 

 but for its enemies, and who are 

 compelled (o s(ain their hands with 

 German blood. 



rrodamation of the Elector of Ba- 

 varia to the Barariaus. Dated 

 Wurtzhurgh, Oct. lOth, 1805. 



Bavarians, — At the moment when 

 I Mas solely intent upon your pros- 

 perity, when I foresaw no danger, 

 I have been forcibly separated from 

 you. Austria, for the preservation 

 of which the generous blood of Ba- 

 varians has so often flowed, had 

 conceived perfidious plans against 

 you, and against me. She demand- 

 ed, with threats, that your sons, 

 my brave soldiers, should be distri- 

 buted among the Austrian army, 

 and combat against a power, which 

 has, at all times, protected the inde- 

 pendence of Bavaria. — Thus the 

 Bavarians were not to fight for their 

 country, but for foreign interests ; 

 thus the very name of the Bavarian 

 army was to be destroyed. — My 



duty, 



