110 ANDREAS KURTZ 



was proclaimed, the National Convention 

 displaced the Legislative Assembly, and in 

 January, 1793, the King was guillotined. 



In the years 1793-94 the whole energies of 

 the nation were put forth, and the armies of 

 the Republic were everywhere victorious. 

 The young Corsican officer, Bonaparte, 

 although only twenty-six years of age, had 

 already greatly distinguished himself, and in 

 the campaigns of 1795-96 received a high 

 command in Italy. General Moreau led the 

 army of the Rhine in the Palatinate and 

 Baden; and Jourdain the army of the North 

 in Belgium and Holland. These several 

 armies were to converge on Vienna, but the 

 plan was frustrated by the failure of Jourdain; 

 Moreau victoriously passed through Wiirtem- 

 burg and on into Bavaria ; Bonaparte was 

 equally successful in Italy, but the defeat of 

 Jourdain compelled Moreau to make his 

 celebrated retreat through the Black Forest. 

 It was during these marchings and counter 

 marchings of French and Austrians, in the 

 years 1794-96, that the district of Reutlingen 

 appears to have been touched by the 

 armies. 



Andreas Kurtz retained vivid memories of 

 those early days. He used to relate how the 



