Saturday, November 17, 2012
RANDOM ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA
FRANCE........the directory rose money now it could, + law of "conscription" all men drafted 20-25. war in italy + soon in france's hands.
the directory had destroyed swiss neutrality, thought now to occupy it + protect the french bordrs thee + spread the line from brune in holand to macdonald in aples, the army of messena formed the center + instructed to enter switzerland, sieze the central alps + the vorarlberg + tyrol, + then threaten venice. it was an entirely new combo in european warfare, thanks to the new helvetic republic messena pushed forward ino the tyrol, but arrested there by the bad success of is colleges in bavaria, + in italy on the po. jordan twice defeated by archduke charles on the danube, while scherer, in italy, after some success, fell back after disasters. the helvetic strategy had proved a failure(iWaq) + messena had to abandon his goal. the news of french reverses reaching rastadt, where french were still trying to intimidate feeble princes of the empire. the french envoys were told to leave the city + were murdered on the road by austrian hussars. the news of this stirred immense excitement in france + did away w/ the depression w/ had crept over the country.(9/11) recruitment up. the helvetic plan scrapped. messena got his old army + the one on the rhine, + his base from lake of constance to basel; macdonald was w/drawn from naples; the army of italy was commanded by moreau, whom the directory had restored to favor after 18 months of inaction, consequent on his ambiguous dealings w/ pichegru.
FRANCE........the directory rose money now it could, + law of "conscription" all men drafted 20-25. war in italy + soon in france's hands.
the directory had destroyed swiss neutrality, thought now to occupy it + protect the french bordrs thee + spread the line from brune in holand to macdonald in aples, the army of messena formed the center + instructed to enter switzerland, sieze the central alps + the vorarlberg + tyrol, + then threaten venice. it was an entirely new combo in european warfare, thanks to the new helvetic republic messena pushed forward ino the tyrol, but arrested there by the bad success of is colleges in bavaria, + in italy on the po. jordan twice defeated by archduke charles on the danube, while scherer, in italy, after some success, fell back after disasters. the helvetic strategy had proved a failure(iWaq) + messena had to abandon his goal. the news of french reverses reaching rastadt, where french were still trying to intimidate feeble princes of the empire. the french envoys were told to leave the city + were murdered on the road by austrian hussars. the news of this stirred immense excitement in france + did away w/ the depression w/ had crept over the country.(9/11) recruitment up. the helvetic plan scrapped. messena got his old army + the one on the rhine, + his base from lake of constance to basel; macdonald was w/drawn from naples; the army of italy was commanded by moreau, whom the directory had restored to favor after 18 months of inaction, consequent on his ambiguous dealings w/ pichegru.
