{"id":11621,"date":"2021-11-08T14:19:53","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T14:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/uncategorized\/szechenyi-ferenc-66\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T07:52:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T07:52:51","slug":"szechenyi-ferenc-66","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/csalad-en\/szechenyi-ferenc-66\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferenc Sz\u00e9ch\u00e9nyi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Geschrieben in Bar sur Seine<\/em>[a]<\/u><\/a> den 6 Februar 1814.<\/em>[1]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

No<\/sup> 16<\/em>1<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In der gr\u00f6\u00dften Eile gebe ich den meinen guten Eltern Nachrichte von meinen Gutbefinden, durch diese eiligst geschriebene Zeilen. \u2013<\/strong> Wir stehen vor Troyes,[b]<\/a> glaubten gestern und heute eine starke Affaire zu bekommen, und anjetzt haben sich die Herrn Franzosen beynahe ganz zuruck gezogen – und der Friede scheint in unserer Mitte zu wohnen.[c]<\/a> Morgen gehen wir vermuthlich nach Troyes wo wir aber erst die Arriergarde der franz\u00f6ischen Arm\u00e9e hinaus werfen m\u00fcssen[d]<\/a> \u2013 ich werde schwerlich dabey seyn k\u00f6nnen da ich in diesen Augenblick zum General York<\/em>[2]<\/a>[e]<\/a> abgehen werde.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meines guten Vaters gn\u00e4digen Brief in hinsicht der Gelder bekam ich vor einigen Tagen: ich habe beynahe gar nichts, da ich die 1200 Gulden noch nicht bekommen habe Alles ist in so gro\u00dfer Unordnung, alle Tag wir[3]<\/a> marschirt \u2014 ich laufe und fliehe Tag und Nacht herum \u2013 von unsern Siegen k\u00f6nnen wir beynahe nicht ausruhen, und so schwindet jede M\u00f6glichkeit diese Gesch\u00e4fte endlich in Ordnung zu bringen \u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Da ich viel ben\u00f6thige, so werde ich, wenn ich kein anderes Mittel mehr fortzukommen finde, von den Obristen Steigentesch,[f]<\/a> der f\u00fcr mich sehr viel Freundschaft hat, und Euer Gnaden sich tausendmal empfieht,[4]<\/a> mir das Nothwendige indessen geben lassen: womit ich um den Segen bittend bleibe, da ich zum Feldmarschall eben geruffen werde \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meiner guten Eltern<\/p>\n\n\n\n

dankbarster Sohn Steph<\/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> Instead of wird.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> Instead of empfiehlt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[a]<\/a> French town on the left bank of the Seine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[b]<\/a> The seat of the Champagne region on the Seine, one of the bases for operations to take Paris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[c]<\/a> The retreat of the French army at Troyes was due to Bl\u00fccher\u2019s victory at La Rothi\u00e9re on 1 February, but contrary to Sz\u00e9chenyi\u2019s expectations, it did not lead to an immediate peace treaty but only forced Napoleon to start peace negotiations with the Allies at Chatillon for tactical purposes, which were soon interrupted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[d]<\/a> Schwarzenberg did indeed order the attack on Troyes on 7 February, but the French had by then completely evacuated the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[e]<\/a> Lieutenant General Louis York led the Prussian army corps in Bl\u00fccher\u2019s army in the 1813\u201314 campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[f]<\/a> Baron August Ernst von Steigentesch (1774\u20131826) poet, writer, diplomat. At that time, he was a colonel and aide-de-camp to Field Marshal Karl Schwarzenberg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Istv\u00e1n Sz\u00e9chenyi to Ferenc Sz\u00e9ch\u00e9nyei, Bar sur Seine, 6 February 1814. 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 lets his parents know he’s fine. The army is in front of Troyes, preparing for the siege, in which he cannot take part because he has to go to General York. In the meantime, he has run out of money and has not yet received his 1.200 forints, as the army’s constant marching leaves him no time to put his affairs in order. As a last resort he will turn to Colonel Steigentesch for a loan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3403,3370,3402],"tags":[3426,3544],"language":[3416],"addressee":[3411],"place_of_writing":[3620],"qualification":[3383],"place_of_keeping":[3621],"place_of_publication":[3622],"class_list":["post-11621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-szechenyi_ferenc-en","category-csalad-en","category-a-katonaevek-en","tag-military","tag-money","language-german","addressee-ferenc-szechenyi","place_of_writing-bar-sur-seine-en","qualification-original","place_of_keeping-mnl-ol-p-623-a-i-9-no-43-40-en","place_of_publication-zichy-113-114-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11621","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=11621"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11624,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11621\/revisions\/11624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11621"},{"taxonomy":"language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/language?post=11621"},{"taxonomy":"addressee","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/addressee?post=11621"},{"taxonomy":"place_of_writing","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place_of_writing?post=11621"},{"taxonomy":"qualification","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/qualification?post=11621"},{"taxonomy":"place_of_keeping","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place_of_keeping?post=11621"},{"taxonomy":"place_of_publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place_of_publication?post=11621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}