{"id":11478,"date":"2021-11-06T09:59:29","date_gmt":"2021-11-06T09:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/uncategorized\/szechenyi-ferenc-40\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T15:20:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T15:20:04","slug":"szechenyi-ferenc-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/csalad-en\/szechenyi-ferenc-40\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferenc Sz\u00e9ch\u00e9nyi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Geschrieben in Teplitz den 11ten<\/sup> um 11 Uhr Abends 1813<\/em>.[1]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mein lieber guter Vater. Bis jetzt fand ich noch keinen Augenblick Euer Gnaden Nachricht von mir zu geben. – Gleich nach meinen Einr\u00fccken[a]<\/a> von Prag<\/em>[2]<\/a> gingen unsere Operationen wieder an, und obwohl das Hauptquartier Teplitz<\/em>2<\/sup> bis jetzt noch nicht verlie\u00df, so gieng doch kein Tag ohne Besch\u00e4ftigung<\/em>1<\/sup> vor\u00fcber. \u2014 Die Franzosen machten Miene als wollten sie die passage bey Peterswalde<\/em>2<\/sup> forcieren. und schoben ein Corps von 40 bis 60 m[3]<\/a> Mann schon wieder bis Culm<\/em>2<\/sup> vor; vorgestern machte Napoleon in eigner Person eine Recognoscierung bis beynahe Nollendorf<\/em>2<\/sup>[b]<\/a> und da wir mehrere von seiner Garde gefangen nahmen, und keine Bestimmte Nachricht von seiner Stellung hatten \u2013 so mu\u00dften wir nat\u00fcrlicher Weise glauben er sey mit seiner ganzen St\u00e4rke vor unsern Gr\u00e4nzen, besonders da er in der Stellung vor Bautzen<\/em>1<\/sup> nimmermehr bleiben konnte, da Bl\u00fccher[c]<\/a> bis \u00fcber die Bober[d]<\/a> vordrang: und noch weniger in Dresden, wo der Mangel an victualien so erschrecklich gro\u00df geworden ist, da\u00df seine Arm\u00e9e en passant<\/em>1<\/sup> Pferde=Fleisch spei\u00dfen mu\u00dfte. \u2014 Ein Ausgang war ihm also nothwendig. Heute war der entscheidende Tag \u2013 und wir waren alle in der festen \u00dcberzeugung, da\u00df das ganze Vordringen keine andere tournure nehmen k\u00f6nne, als eine decisive Schlacht<\/em>2<\/sup> NB[4]<\/a> sind unsere Truppen<\/em>1<\/sup> bestehend aus denen Corps-Merveldt<\/em>2<\/sup> \u2013 Colloredo<\/em>2<\/sup> \u2013 Gyulai<\/em>2<\/sup>[e]<\/a> noch,[f]<\/a> beynahe bis Leitmeritz<\/em>1<\/sup>[g]<\/a> zur\u00fcck gewesen, und alle unsere Kanonen noch in gr\u00f6\u00dferer Entfernung. \u2013 Euer Gnaden k\u00f6nnen sich also eine Idee machen was f\u00fcr ein gr\u00e4\u00dflicher Tag, der heutige f\u00fcr uns alle war, da \u00fcber 80 m3<\/sup> Mann und 250 Kanonen fehlten, und man jeder Minutte einen verzweifelten ungest\u00fcmmen Angriff Napoleons erwarten mu\u00dfte. \u2014 Gott lob der Tag gieng mit einen kleinen Feuer zu Ende \u2013 und morgen stehen wir zu diensten<\/em>,1<\/sup> obwohl\u2019s nicht mehr n\u00f6thig seyn wird, da eben Nachrichten gekommen sind, da\u00df das ganze eine demonstration gewesen sey, und Napoleon sich mit seiner Arm\u00e9e gegen Leiptzig ziehe:[h]<\/a> und da\u00df der Kronprinz von Sweden, von den ein Courir geschickt wurde, einen bedeutenden Sieg, \u00fcber 4 Corps erfochten habe[i]<\/a> \u2014<\/strong> Von keinen besondern detail kann ich Euer Gnaden wegen der k\u00fcrze der Zeit nichts mehr schreiben, als da\u00df er \u00fcber 6 m3<\/sup> Gefangene, 60 Kanonen und etwa 200 bis 300 Munitions W\u00e4gen genommen habe. \u2013\u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Morgen um 4 Uhr in der Fr\u00fch, wird eine gro\u00dfe Recogniscierung von unsererseits unternommen, die uns sehr viele Menschen kosten wird – und Nachmittag ein Angriff auf da\u00df[5]<\/a> was vor unser steht \u2013 da wir, wie mir scheint, wieder gegen Dresden operiren werden, um uns mit den Kronprinzen zu vereinigen – der von da nicht mehr sehr weit seyn mu\u00df –[j]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mit meiner Gesundheit gehts, ziemlich gut \u2013 noch bin ich aber ganz rasend schwach – hab\u2019 schon 3 Tage nicht geschlafen, und bitte darum Umvergebung, da\u00df ich gar so schlecht schreibe \u2013 Ich habe meinen lieben guten Eltern nur sagen wollen, da\u00df ich noch lebe und Sie liebe \u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n

bitt\u2019 um den Segen \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So bald\u2019s m\u00f6glich ist einen langen Brief \u2013<\/strong> Ich bitte meiner lieben guten Mutter zu sagen, da\u00df ich Ihre H\u00e4nde tausendmal k\u00fcsse <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stepherl<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[1]<\/a> Sz\u00e9chenyi\u2019s underlining with wavy line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> Sz\u00e9chenyi\u2019s underlining with straight line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> mille<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> Nota bene. Latin: note well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> Instead of das.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[a]<\/a> He probably started his service on 8 September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[b]<\/a> Village on the north-western border of Bohemia. Notable for the battle fought there on 30 August 1813. Prussian General Kleist decided the battle of Kulm in favour of the Allies, which is why it was nicknamed \u2018Nollendorf\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[c]<\/a> Baron Gebhard Leberecht von Bl\u00fccher (1742\u20131819) Prussian cavalry general.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[d]<\/a> The largest tributary of the Oder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[e]<\/a> Division Commanders General Count Ign\u00e1c Gyulay, Field Marshal Count Jeromos Colloredo and Count Maximilian Merveldt, cavalry general.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[f]<\/a> Count Maximilian von Merveldt (1764\u20131815) cavalry general, Count Hieronymus von Colloredo-Mansfeld (1775\u20131822) general, and Count Ign\u00e1c Gyulay (1763\u20131831) field marshal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[g]<\/a> A town on the right bank of the Elbe River in Bohemia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[h]<\/a> This did not prove to be true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[i]<\/a> Crown Prince Charles John of Sweden, originally known as John Bernadotte (1763\u20131844), was a French marshal, commander of the northern Allied army and later King of Sweden under the name John XIV. His army defeated French Marshal Ney at Dennevitz on 6 September, capturing 15,000 men and 80 cannons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[j]<\/a> This did not happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recommended reference:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Istv\u00e1n Sz\u00e9chenyi to Ferenc Sz\u00e9ch\u00e9nyi, Teplitz, 11 September 1813. Edited and annotated by Szilvia Czinege. Published in Correspondence of Istv\u00e1n Sz\u00e9chenyi. Digital edition. Edited by Szilvia Czinege and Zolt\u00e1n F\u00f3nagy. https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/ Abbreviation for further references: SzIL-Digit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

He has not yet had time to announce himself, the operations have begun. Although the headquarters has not yet left Teplice, no day passes uneventfully. The French pretended to want to occupy the pass at Peterswalde, and once again pushed forward a corps of 40-60,000 men to Kulm. The day before yesterday, Napoleon himself took part in the reconnaissance operation which almost reached Nollendorf; the Allies captured several members of the French guard, but did not succeed in finding out where the Emperor was stationed. It was therefore thought that he was advancing with his whole force towards the Czech frontier. This seemed to be borne out by the fact that he could in no way have remained in his position at Bautzen, for Bl\u00fccher had crossed the river Bober, still less in Dresden, where there was such a shortage of food that the French soldiers were forced to eat horse meat. He must therefore break out. An attempt to break out was expected by today, while the army, consisting of the Merveldt, Colloredo and Gyula corps, was not on a war footing yet, not to mention the artillery that was left far behind. Imagine what a terrible day they had in the camp, where they anticipated Napoleon’s desperate attack any minute, while more than 80,000 of their army men and 250 guns were missing. A courier from the Swedish Crown Prince reports that a significant victory was achieved over four corps: 6,000 prisoners of war, 60 guns, 200-300 ammunition wagons were taken from the enemy. Tomorrow, at 4 a.m., the Allied counter-attack will start, certain to involve heavy casualties. He believes they will march on Dresden, to join the Swedish Crown Prince, who cannot be far from there. His health is reasonable, but he is still very weak. He has not slept for three days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3403,3370,3518,3402],"tags":[3541,3426],"language":[3416],"addressee":[3411],"place_of_writing":[3547],"qualification":[3383],"place_of_keeping":[3548],"place_of_publication":[3549],"class_list":["post-11478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-szechenyi_ferenc-en","category-csalad-en","category-ifjusag-en","category-a-katonaevek-en","tag-health","tag-military","language-german","addressee-ferenc-szechenyi","place_of_writing-teplitz-en","qualification-original","place_of_keeping-mnl-ol-p-623-a-i-9-no-43-10-en","place_of_publication-zichy-75-77-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11478"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11567,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11478\/revisions\/11567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11478"},{"taxonomy":"language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/language?post=11478"},{"taxonomy":"addressee","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/addressee?post=11478"},{"taxonomy":"place_of_writing","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place_of_writing?post=11478"},{"taxonomy":"qualification","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/qualification?post=11478"},{"taxonomy":"place_of_keeping","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place_of_keeping?post=11478"},{"taxonomy":"place_of_publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place_of_publication?post=11478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}