{"id":11539,"date":"2021-11-07T11:54:01","date_gmt":"2021-11-07T11:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/uncategorized\/szechenyi-ferenc-52\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T13:35:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T13:35:26","slug":"szechenyi-ferenc-52","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/csalad-en\/szechenyi-ferenc-52\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferenc Sz\u00e9ch\u00e9nyi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Geschrieben um 2 Uhr in der Fr\u00fch in Engen:<\/em><a href=\"#_edn1\"><u>[a]<\/u><\/a> <em>2 Posten von Schafhausen.<\/em><a href=\"#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Auch dieses Gesch\u00e4ft gl\u00fccklich abgethan<\/em>.<sup>1<\/sup> Wie Euer Gnaden wissen hat der f\u00fcrst Schwarzenberg<a href=\"#_edn2\">[b]<\/a> die Capitulation von Dresden nicht angenommen, sondern machte denen Franzosen die Beyden Bedingni\u00dfe \u2014 oder<a href=\"#_ftn2\">[2]<\/a> \u201ewieder in der Stadt Posto<sup>1<a href=\"#_edn3\">[c]<\/a><\/sup> zu fassen oder sich ohne Aufschub zu ergeben; da sind den<a href=\"#_ftn3\">[3]<\/a> mehrere franz\u00f6ische Gener\u00e4le gewesen, die von Beyden keines h\u00f6ren wollten, sondern sich \u00fcber die Gr\u00e4nze zu fl\u00fcchten glaubten.<a href=\"#_edn4\">[d]<\/a> Nun war zum Ungl\u00fcck die Gr\u00e4nze von Freyburg an bis Schafhausen unbesetzt \u2013 so hatte der Feldmarschall das Zutrauen zu mir mich dahin zu schicken \u2013 der ich bis jetzt, Gottlob, eine Art von <em>Landmilitz<\/em><sup>1<\/sup> zuwegen gebracht habe und ganz gewi\u00df bin, da\u00df kein Mensch bey mir durchkommen werde. \u2014 Ich wollte meinen guten lieben Eltern nur ein Zeichen des Lebens geben wollen <strong>&#8211;<\/strong> da ich nicht wei\u00df wo ich anjetzt das Hauptquartier mehr finden werde und in dieser minutte wieder gegen Strassburg abreise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Den Segen bittend bleibe ich<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Meinen guten Eltern<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">dankbarster Sohn Stepherl<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> Sz\u00e9chenyi\u2019s underlining with wavy line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a> Instead of entweder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref3\">[3]<\/a> Instead of denn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref1\">[a]<\/a> A town in southern Germany, in the state of Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg, near the French and Swiss borders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref2\">[b]<\/a> Prince Karl Schwarzenberg  (1771\u20131820) Austrian field marshal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref3\">[c]<\/a> A town in Baden, north of Schaffhausen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref4\">[d]<\/a> Dresden was besieged by the Austrians after their advance, with only 15 thousand men and 60 cannons. Under the command of General Count Klenau, the number of besiegers soon increased to 45,000 and 125 guns. The besieged French army suffered much from hunger, so they tried to drive the civilians out of the city and then break out towards Torgau. The breakout failed, and on 11 November the French surrendered on the condition that they would be allowed to leave for France as prisoners of war, with French General Saint Cyr guaranteeing that they would not fight the Allies until the final exchange. Schwarzenberg did not approve of this agreement and ordered Klenau to demand either unconditional surrender from the French or to return to Dresden and continue the fight. The French army, however, was already on its way home. At this news they scattered and tried to escape home across the border. Schwarzenberg and Schulenburg tried to prevent this through their aide-de-camp. Klenau was investigated after the war but was acquitted on the grounds that Schwarzenberg\u2019s instructions were not clear enough. Sz\u00e9chenyi\u2019s notes add to the war conclusions. The captured Frenchmen were transported to Austria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recommended reference:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Istv\u00e1n Sz\u00e9chenyi to Ferenc Sz\u00e9ch\u00e9nyi, Engen, 30 November 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":"<p>This case has also been resolved happily. Schwarzenberg did not accept Dresden&#8217;s surrender terms. The frontier between Freiburg and Schaffhausen was unguarded, so the Field Marshal sent him here, confident that no one would get through his section of the frontier. 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