{"id":11653,"date":"2021-11-12T09:46:21","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T09:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/uncategorized\/szechenyi-ferenc-74\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T12:43:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T12:43:14","slug":"szechenyi-ferenc-74","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/csalad-en\/szechenyi-ferenc-74\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferenc Sz\u00e9ch\u00e9nyi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Geschrieben in Troyes<\/em>[a]<\/u><\/a> den 13ten<\/sup> M\u00e4rz 1814.<\/em>[1]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Noch immer sind wir in der gr\u00f6\u00dften Ruhe, und erwarten mit der gr\u00f6\u00dften Sehnsucht einige Nachricht von unsern Alliirten, gegen die, die ganze franz\u00f6ische Arm\u00e9e zu stehen, und zu wirken scheint \u2014 Auf jeden Fall, wird durch eine Schlacht die Bl\u00fccher, so wie ich ihm<\/em>[2]<\/a> kenne, nicht ausschlagen wird, bald das Schicksal Europa\u2019s entschieden seyn:[b]<\/a> leider sind wir so weit, und von so vielen Fl\u00fc\u00dfen von ihm getrennt, da\u00df die Geographische Lage unserer Armeen es ganz unm\u00f6glich macht, ihm durch unsere Bewegungen zu degagieren \u2014. Wie ich das letztemal bey ihm gewesen bin,[c]<\/a> war er mit denen Corps der Generalen Winzingerode,[d]<\/a> und B\u00fclow,[e]<\/a> noch nicht vereinigt,[f]<\/a> da er aber die bestimmte Gewi\u00dfheit damals schon hatte, wie ich von ihm wieder abgieng, da\u00df die ganze Arm\u00e9e der Franzosen, \u00fcber Zezanne,[g]<\/a> mit schnellen Schritten gegen ihm wirke \u2013 entschlo\u00df er sich gegen Soissons zuruckzuziehen, wo er auf die beyden Corps der obbesagten Gener\u00e4le stie\u00df, die ich in der Gegend mit Bewunderung<\/em>[3]<\/a> sah, da es vieleicht die sch\u00f6nste Truppe auf der Welt ist.[h]<\/a> \u2014 Mit denen verbunden, ist Bl\u00fccher[i]<\/a> 120 m[4]<\/a> gewi\u00df stark, ohne den G. S. Pries<\/em>3<\/sup>[j]<\/a> und Jago<\/em>3<\/sup>[k]<\/a> die in Chalons waren datzu[5]<\/a> zu z\u00e4hlen, die doch immer in den R\u00fccken des Feindes wirken k\u00f6nnen \u2013 die franz\u00f6ische Arm\u00e9e ist hingegen h\u00f6chstens nur 100 m4<\/sup>, wovon 20 bis 30 Tausend Mann theils Garden, theils aus Spanien gekommene Cuirassiere sind, deren Tapferkeit und, ich kann beynahe sage, unbesonnene Verwegenheit f\u00fcr doppelt so viel gelten kann, den brawer, wie diese Kerls, kann man doch in der Welt nicht mehr seyn: \u2013 hat er die nicht mehr so ist der ganze Krieg f\u00fcr uns nur Spa\u00df, so lange aber diese Herrn existiren \u2014 bin ich selbst von den Ausgang dieses Feldzugs \u2014 unsicher<\/em>1<\/sup> (gr\u00f6\u00dfere Ehre kann man 20 Tausend Menschen nicht erweisen, wenn ganze Nationen<\/em>3<\/sup> gegen sie k\u00e4mpfen).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In einigen Tagen hoffe ich meinen guten Eltern, bessere und bestimmtere Nachricht geben zu k\u00f6nnen, die uns bald zu den Frieden, und mich in die Arme meiner besten Liebsten Angeh\u00f6rig f\u00fchren sollen, deren Theilname mich so unaussprechlich gl\u00fccklich macht.<\/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> Inserted afterwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

[5]<\/a> One letter deleted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[a]<\/a> A town on the Seine in northeastern France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[b]<\/a> Bl\u00fccher defeated the French at Laon on 9 March, but this was far from the end of the campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[c]<\/a> He means his posting between 25 February and 2 March. See his letter written on 3 March 1814.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[d]<\/a> Count Ferdinand von Witzingerode (1770\u20131818) cavalry general, in Russian service in the 1813\u201314 campaign. At that time, he commanded the Russian troops fighting in Bl\u00fccher\u2019s army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[e]<\/a> Count Friedrich Wilhelm von B\u00fclow (1755\u20131816) Prussian lieutenant general, commander of the Prussian corps in Bl\u00fccher\u2019s army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[f]<\/a> Bl\u00fccher united his army with Witzingerode and B\u00fclow at Soissons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[g]<\/a> Sezanne, French town in the Marn district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[h]<\/a> On the way, the corps of Witzigenrode and B\u00fclow coming from Belgium captured the forts of La Pere and Soissons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[i]<\/a> Baron Gebhard Leberecht von Bl\u00fccher (1742\u20131819) Prussian cavalry general. He commanded the Prussian-Russian army, the second army of the Allies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[j]<\/a> Count Guillaume-Emmanuel Guignard Saint-Priest (1776\u20131814) French royalist general in the Allied army. He got wounded in the Battle of Reims and died a few weeks later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[k]<\/a> Jagow was a Prussian general in the army of Bl\u00fccher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Istv\u00e1n Sz\u00e9chenyi to Ferenc Sz\u00e9ch\u00e9nyi, Troyes, 13 March 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":"

They are still not moving, but are anxiously awaiting news of their allies, who seem to be facing the full French army. Bl\u00fccher’s next battle could decide the fate of Europe. The last time he saw Bl\u00fccher, he had not yet joined the forces of Generals Witzigenrode and B\u00fclow. With them, Bl\u00fccher’s army will number 120,000 men. The French army, on the other hand, would be at most 100.000, of which 20.000 to 30.000 would be partly Guards and partly cuirassier cavalry from Spain. If it weren\u2019t for these troops, the war would be a farce, but as it is, he is uncertain about the outcome of the campaign. He hopes that in a few days he will be able to give his parents better news of imminent peace and their reunion.<\/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],"language":[3416],"addressee":[3411],"place_of_writing":[3623],"qualification":[3383],"place_of_keeping":[3639],"place_of_publication":[3640],"class_list":["post-11653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-szechenyi_ferenc-en","category-csalad-en","category-a-katonaevek-en","tag-military","language-german","addressee-ferenc-szechenyi","place_of_writing-troyes-en","qualification-original","place_of_keeping-mnl-ol-p-623-a-i-9-no-43-47-en","place_of_publication-zichy-127-128-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11653","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=11653"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11656,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11653\/revisions\/11656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11653"},{"taxonomy":"language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/language?post=11653"},{"taxonomy":"addressee","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/addressee?post=11653"},{"taxonomy":"place_of_writing","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place_of_writing?post=11653"},{"taxonomy":"qualification","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/qualification?post=11653"},{"taxonomy":"place_of_keeping","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place_of_keeping?post=11653"},{"taxonomy":"place_of_publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place_of_publication?post=11653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}