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again to take place. Both the King of Poland & Siemens
have fallen lately under the Empress's displeasure, the latte
being recalled. A new Diet is talked of to compleat the
suicide & the name of Poland may soon cease to exist
Prussia still covets another Palatinate or two. The Empress
of All the Russias has pretensions on Galicia as formerly
bearing that name & the Emperor perhaps in
spite of himself may be obliged in his present state
of humiliation to accept some of the spoils of that unfortunate
Country in exchange — It is somewhat singula
that notwithstanding the present coalition, the nation
jealousy between Austria & Prussia exists perhaps
more than ever — I was at Vienna when the news cam
of the taking the lines of Weissembourg by Wurmser.
As this plan had always been opposed by the Duke of
Brunswick the unexpected success elated the Austrians
extremely & even led them I thought at the time to
make many unguarded & impolitic observations not
very honorable either to Prussian tactics or Prussian
sincerity — The retreat of Wurmser has afforded the
Prussians their revenge & indeed the retreat of that
Army was accompanied with such circumstances
the 26 & 28th of last month as appears by a letter of Gen
Kalehreuths which I have read as will remain

Identifier: | JB/541/487/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 541.
Date_1	1794-01-15	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	541	Main Headings
Folio number	487	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
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Penner	David Gray	Watermarks
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