REVOLUTION. 



only ufe it to re-inforce tlieir armies, and attack the common aftrous event in the courfe of this battle was, the death of 

 enemy, at its expiration, with more vigour. Bonaparte, on Moreau, who had both his legs (hot off by a cannon ball, 

 his own part, complained that the terms of the armiitice Bonaparte reptefented the battle of Drefden as moft de- 

 were not faithfully kept by the allies ; this complaint, which cidedly favourable to him, and he probably confidered the 

 was well founded, arofe from a circumftance which augured lofs and difcoinfiture of the allies as much more ferious than 

 fatally for his future fuccefs ; for the landwehr of Pruffia, they really were, as in order to intercept their retreat into 

 and even all the inhabitants who could procure any kind of Bohemia, he difpatched Vandamme, one of his generals, 

 arms, notwithstanding the fufpenfion of hoftilities, were with a force which it would have been madnefs to have fent 

 continually attacking and haraffing the French, and in many againft them, had he not believed their army to have been 

 cafes they captured their fupplies of ilores and provisions, not only much reduced in numbers, but retreating in great 



and rendered precarious and difficult their communication 

 with France. 



It was foon evident that the armiitice would not lead to 

 peace, each party was exerting itfelf to the utmoit to re- 

 cruit and re-inforce their army. The emperor Alexander 

 ordered frefh troops to be brought acrofs the Viftula, and 



diforder. In the attack, Vandamme, and fix other generals, 

 were taken prifoners, befides lo,coo men, 60 pieces of ar- 

 tillery, and 6 (tandards. 



In Silefia the campaign opened on the 1 8th of Auguft, 

 the allies in this quarter moving en towards Drefden ; they 

 firlt attacked and defeated a corps under marfhal Ney, which 



in a (hort time the re-inforcements that joined the allied army induced Bonaparte to fet out to re-inforce his general ; the 

 from Ruffia alone, amounted to 75,000 men. The king of French having now greatly the fuperiority, general Blucher 

 Pruilia contributed as much to the common caufe as the ex- retreated, and took up a ftrong poiition behind the Katz- 

 haufted ilate of his country, and of its finances, would bach. The plan of the allies being to dittraCt and divide 

 allow. Bonaparte was equally acYive ; oppofite to the Bonaparte'? forces, they fell farther back, while the grand 

 main army of the allies he had collected nearly 1 30,000 men. army from Bohemia, as we have feen, marched on to Drefden. 

 The armiitice was prolonged till the middle of Auguft, and drew off Bonaparte to that q arter. On the 25th and 

 durum- which a congrefs was held at Prague, at which little 26th the French advanced againft Blucher, but on the latter 

 or nothing was done, or perhaps even attempted. The of thofe days the Pruilian general attacked them. The 

 mediation of the emperor of Aullria was of no avail ; the battle was fought near the Katzb.xh, am 1 from that takes 

 terms which he propofed as juft and equitable to all parties, its name ; in it Blucher and the Pn ffians proved their deter- 

 were peremptorily rejedted by Bonaparte. No alternative, mination to avenge the difgrace which their country had fo 

 therefore, he faid, remained for him to adopt, but to unite long fuffered by having been under the tyranny of France, 

 his forces with thofe of the emperor of Rullia and the king They fought with the moil unparalleled bravery, and gained 

 of Pruffia. Still, however, he, as well as they, were going a complete vidtory. Among the fruits of their lpoil were 

 to fight, not for the pr.rpofes of ambition or conqueft, but 18,000 prifoners, 103 pieces of cannon, and 280 arrmu- 

 folely for the attainment of a juft, honourable, and lalting nition waggons. In another quarter the crown prince was 

 peace. As foon as this could be brought about, they would likewile vi&orious over 'he French ; and in a fecond battle, 

 moft cheerfully lay down their arms ; but till it was brought <viz. that of Juterbock, it was calculated that the vanquifhed 

 about, they would continue united in hoftilities, and exert French had loft from 16 to 1 8,000 men, more than 50 pieces 

 themfelves to the utmoft. of cannon, and 400 ammunition waggons. 



Ruffia, Anftria, Pruffia, and Sweden, were now to try After th -ie defeats the iitu;.tion of Bonaparte became 



their ftrength againft France; the jealoufies and felfifhnefs more critical, yet he il ill remain; d at Drefden, and continued 

 of the allied fovercigns which had rendered former coalitions there till the 7th of October, when he quitted it, taking 

 of no value, were abforbed in the deep and awful conviction with him the royal family of Saxony. Hitherto the allies 

 that now they were fighting for their own exiftence ; befides, of Bonaparte had remained more faithful to him than might 

 in the former contefts, they were averfe from, or indifferent have been expected, but about this period the king of 

 to, the caufe of their fovereign ; now they were cordial and Bavaria deferted mm, and concluded a treaty of alliance and 

 zealous in their co-operation. The allied powers alfo very conceit with Ai 'Iria, by which 35,000 Bavarian troops 

 wifely made life of other weapons than thofe of warfare ; were immediately ro co-operate u-ith thofe of Auftria. 

 the moft eloquent and popular writers in Germany were On the 14th of Oftober Bonap. rte collected his whole 



employed to roufe the people, to hold out Bonaparte as no force in and round L-ipfic, and on the 18th the famous 

 longer formidable ; as having been conquered ; but ftill as battle of Leiplic was t .ught, in the courfe of which two 

 the implacable enemy of the happinefs and peace of Ger- Saxon battali >ns, and two Weftphahan regiments of hufiars, 

 many, as the common deftroyer of the liberty of the fove- quitted the ranks of the enemy and joined the allies ; the 

 reign and the peafant. artillery which they brought over with them, they imme- 



Befides the crown prince of Sweden, another Frenchman diately turned againft the French, and the crown prince 

 entered into the lifts againft Bonaparte, -viz. general Moreau, headed the men in a charge againft their former oppreffors. 

 who, after he had been liberated by him, had gone over to In the battle of this day the French loft at leaft 50,000 

 America, where, in peace, quiet, and retirement, he had men in killed, wounded, and prifoners, befices 65 pieces of 

 fpent feme years of his life. It is not known by what par- artillery. Bonaparte now left Leipfic, and in two hours 

 ticular motives he was induced to enter again into public afterwards the allied armies entered that town, 

 fervice ; but it appears that the emperor Alexander, as foon The retreat of Bonaparte from Leipfic with the wreck of 



as he found that war with Bonaparte was inevitable, fent his army, to the amount of 80,000 men, was fcarcely fur- 

 over a confidential perfon to America, with whom general pafied in diforder and mifery by his retreat from Mofcow, 

 Moreau returned to Europe. He joined the allied army As foon as he reached the Rhine he lctt his army, haftened 

 foon after the congrefs at the Prague was diil'olved. to Paris, and on his arrival, another confeription of 300,000 



On the 17th of Auguft hoftilities recommenced, and a men was ordered, but France was now too much exhaufted 

 moft fevere battle was, a few days after, fought at Drefden, to anfwer the demand ; the Rullian and German campaigns 

 in which, after a terrible (laughter on both fides, the French had almotl entirely ftript her of the efficient military popu- 

 fucceeded in repulfing the allied armies, but the moft dif- lation; befides, there was wanting that enthuliafm which had, 



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