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parent that I have not only reason to love, but to be proud 

 of. 



The state of Europe at this time caused Rumford to 

 return to Munich. At the close of the campaign of 

 1794 between France and the German Empire, when 

 Prussia made peace with France, Bavaria desired to 

 be neutral. It was not until the spring of 1796 that 

 the Republicans under Moreau, who had crossed the 

 Rhine at Strasburg, threatened Munich. Rumford 

 was recalled. The Elector took refuge in Saxony 

 eight days after Rumford arrived. He had appointed 

 Rumford head of a council of regency and commander 

 of the Bavarian troops. The Austrians, defeated by 

 the French near Augsburg in August, retreated on 

 Munich. They found Count Rumford determined to 

 oppose them. On the arrival of the French troops he 

 refused to admit them also, and by his firmness and 

 wisdom the neutrality of Munich was preserved. The 

 inhabitants of the town fully recognised that they owed 

 the preservation of their city to Count Rumford alone. 



The defeat of Jourdan on the Lower Rhine obliged 

 Moreau to retreat. The Bavarian territory was 

 evacuated, and the Elector returned to Munich. He 

 made Rumford head of the General Police of Bavaria, 

 and about 2001. of the pension which had been granted 

 to him was settled on his daughter for her life. She 

 was also received at Court as a Countess of the 

 Empire. 



In December 1797 Rumford wrote to his friend 

 Baldwin from. Munich : 



