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Bn \ t , til ? victory was , no ^ obtained on the part of the confederates without great loss , and they required time for repose after their fatigues . Hence Buonaparte , by the * rapidity of his
movements , escaped from the main body of the confederates , and he palliated , in some ' degree , ihe disgrace of his defeat , by the victory he claimed over the Austro-Bavarian army , at Hanau . This army , by rapid marches , had followed the course of the Main on
its right bank , with a view of intercepting" Buonaparte in his flight , and had they been ' more numerous this battle won id have put art end to the cpnflict . But Buonaparte was still powerful , and his cavalry far exceeded that '' of his opponents . They were
driven from the' plains of Hanau towards AschafFenboiirg' with great loss , and Buonaparte boasted of the trophies whicU-. he had gained on that day , and wHich were sent to Paris to be laid at the feet of the Empress . But the' French- Emperor did not place much reliance on this success : for he
continued his hasty route to Mentz , into which fortress he inarched his troops , leaving only on the right ban& ; of the Rhine a' sufficient number of troops to guard bis camp and foi tifi-¦ c at ions at Cassel .
On the day after the great victory cear . I > eipsic , ttie confederate emperors with the'Crown Prince entered that town , The king of -Saxony Was -there left- t 0 make what terms he could with the conquerors ,, and what
will be his -fate time must determine . He is now a prisoner U > them , and his dominions ai ' e * under the government of the confederate powers . A striking contrast to liis situation about twent y yfears ago , when he received the
emperor of . Austria and the king of * Brussia , anc \ with tliem / formed at Pilnitz the celebrated plan for contftmling the power , of France ! Whal ; changes has be not experienced since that , time I 3 Eo France he , owed his elevation to the rank of king—to Jfcance he owed 4 t great accession of
territory . Wiih the humiliation of * that couritry , which . he jjvas one of the fii&t to . attempt to ctapre ' s ' s ; his own degradation is connected" Whether the confederates will ; perniit him fo re s ign ox not , tiifte must shew , yet probably he wanted opportunity only , not Inclination * to desert
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750 State of P u blic Affairs .
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The . tritinoph of the cob federates was not owing entirely either to their bravery , numbers , or to the skill of their arrangements . The conflict might have terminated very differently , if treachery had not palsied the arm of their potent enemy . The German auxiliaries quitted him in the hottest
of the conflict , and not only quitted him but turned the edge of their swords against him . It was impossible for him thus situated to pursue any effective plan , and all the skill he was master of , and the bravery of the troops of his owri nation , were unable to extricate him on this trying occasion . The complaint * of treachery served to diminish his failure in the
eyes of his country , but the nations of Europe , wearied with the tyranny under which they have so long ; groaned , will not view with severity an action , to which they are so much indebted for the prospect of returning liberty . The intentions of the conquerors with respect to Europe are not yet
known . They must have complete possession of the countries , before they determine on their future government 5 and it remaias to be seen , what efforts will . ! be made by the French to regain their late unbounded influence on the continent * The military plans
of the confederates are not as yet completel y developed . The emperor of -A fa stria has advanced as far as Hanau , and his advanced guard has had some affairs with the French at Coesel . An invasion of the French
empire in that quarter may be expected , and as the * inhabitants of the left bank of the Rhine are Oermans , they may participate in the sentiments of their brethren on the right , and separate from th « government * to which thev have been for some time so
intimately connected . Here then will be , an opening into the territories of what was formerly called France , and the Prussians and Austrians may again try / their fortunes on the plains of Champagne / Tk Grown Prince , who had so great a share in the glory of the battle of ' -Leipsic , marches with his forces through Westphalia into Holland , where the inhabitants have
anticipated his wishes , by taking upon themselves the recovery of their liberty and inde ^ iendeneei ¦ 6 y being situated in an island ^ re are dependent on the wind * fur our nevre frdm the continent , and at this
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1813, page 750, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2434/page/58/
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