Sunday, December 14, 2008

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The fall of imperial

The annihilation of the army's southern Baden (24000 dead or wounded and 7000 prisoners), marked the collapse of the front, whose rulers had always been less favorable than centralized empire. Baden was captured Sept. 16 by a patrol of Shadows, in Stuttgart, where the Margrave of Württemberg had retired with the army defeat defined the terms of the armistice were separated in France, Granada, Baden and Württemberg. Ex-army commanded by Berthier and Churisque grenadine, with 42,000 men, arrived in late September in Mainz, von Durrheim forcing a retreat to rejoin the army of Lippe-Detmold, defeated by the new invasion force. This force was also part of the Polish Legion, about 5000 men led by Józef Antoni Poniatowski, nephew of the fallen king Stanislaw August.

On 3 October, the army-turkish-grenadine Magyar easily defeated the defenders in the Tyrolean asseragliatisi Passeiertal, in Moos. At the same time, the Swiss authorities, who had always maintained a number of institutional privileges, declared independence and co-belligerency with the coalition.

Ferenczi entered Austria without resistance.
Closed between two fires, Austria also surrendered.

The Treaty of Vaduz
On November 4, coallizzati generals met at the castle of Vaduz with key lords of the Empire who had surrendered: Duke Heinrich IV of Baden, Margrave of Elmar Württemberg, the Grand Duke Franz Joseph of Austria and the Grand Duke of Bohemia, Jan Josef. Instead, the delegates did not participate in the Swiss cantons, which deal separately with France and Granada.
The 28 points of the Treaty states that the German nobles would have their independence recognized by the powers of the SRI co-belligerent, and that would have obtained the territories they claimed dynastically. In return they would provide contingent of troops and supplies in case of need. Their domains were not considered occupied territories. The Swiss

question was more complicated: the Tagsatzung banned immediately after independence saw the clash of the cantons in which the interests outweighed those in rural and urban middle class which prevailed. The latter were in favor of maintaining the state of confederation had during the Empire, the others were for a strengthening of central power.
Louis XVIII supported the rural, normally pro-French and adapted to counter the weight of the new Germanic allies, the threat the withdrawal of French support to the League won him the centralizing, whose representatives met with the ambassadors of France and grenadine. He was granted permission not to contribute directly to the military effort (even though many volunteers enlisted in the French army), independence was recognized by co-belligerent and would set up a confederation (Swiss Confederation), leaving less freedom to the cantons. To balance it was agreed to put in the German capital Bern.
in December, was granted to the Duke of Sardinia-Piedmont in Vaduz as decided by others. In Lombardy and Veneto, however, remained a military occupation, and Turkish in the first grenadine, grenadine and Hungary in the second; Milan, Venice, Mantua and Verona were declared free cities.
The conquest of Zealand
With the capture of Sluis, a Dutch army Grouchy found himself in Antwerp, who had already opened the door and he immediately changed my mind and The army had also opened in the Netherlands. On October 5, Grouchy avoided the encirclement tried by Stadhouder in the fog and defeated him at Peisels en Verre. Again accepted the submission of Antwerp, where, however, stationed a garrison and returned to Zealand, where Willem had retired. The great advantage of the defenders was the fleet, which could defend the many islands, but the combined fleet ex-grenadine, high of 34 ships of the line and 13 frigates, was able to do battle with the Dutch outnumbered, Admiral Van Driesil surrendered the island of Texel, in Friesland after three days of fighting and losses of about 12,000 sailors and 3,000 Dutch allies. With the fleet
silenced, Grouchy began the invasion of Zeeland, Goes again met the enemy, preventing him from defending the town. Willem decided, after another defeat, to withdraw from the region during the retreat, not having enough ships to return to Holland, were captured about ten thousand men.

Uprisings in Germany
winter between 1805 and 1806 a truce was signed five months, during which the factions were reorganized and prepared for new battles. After the inconclusive battle of Kesselbach, north of Mainz, and Berthier Churisque returned to Mainz, where other real French joined them.
Emperor feared that the other lords of the Empire follow the examples seen, but that year was not yet abandoned. He opened negotiations with Russia and Poland to ensure the neutrality, but had no answers. Asked for help in Sweden and the United Kingdom, after lengthy negotiations in January of 1806 the two countries agreed to intervene. They had no success but the calls to the Papal States and to invade the kingdom of Naples from the south, because both states were too busy trying to suppress the internal strife and stabilize their economies.

The first riot took place in Switzerland in December 1805 in the cantons of Lucerne and Jura had taken place many requisitions of food for the French garrisons, and immobility in the face of the newly formed government, the few present Urbani took the opportunity to settle in the diets cantonal s'ingraziarono population and solving the situation of his own pocket, the success also led the Urban in Basel, Solothurn and Zurich to take up arms against the Country. The five cantons proclaimed secession and joined together in a federation, demanded the recognition of an independent entity. A few days after the two Aargau factions agreed to enter without conflicts in the confederation.
The Confederation of Zurich was not recognized by any nation. However, the cantonal militia was ready to defend the borders of the new state. Fighting in the Swiss Alps in winter, was not recommended, but the rulers believed in the game that would serve to demonstrate that any uprising would be short lived. Aargau was pacified by the French with relative ease, but on the heights of the series resistance was low enough to stop the offensive. Nasr then sent a regiment of light infantry Basque. Their uniforms were delivered adapted to the climate and the latest equipment for the movement in the mountains with the Order of 1498 was abandoned the prohibition of standard-equip the army regiments, or out of necessity or distinctions of merit.
The expeditionary force had some successes, but his numbers will inficiavia the efficacy. During the winter we added two companies of Chasseurs du Jura and a boundary of Piedmont, gathered in the Alpine Brigade.

In Baden Württemberg and the pro-imperial opposizone was very strong resistance of many bodies were formed, operating mostly in the countryside, often made by Jaeger, was sent to the light infantry and cavalry to help the regular armies. In the winter months were very bitter fighting in the forests and fields, especially the campaign was particularly difficult against insurgents in the Black Forest. Martial law was imposed in each region affected by acts defined as "banditry".

On January 2, Prague university students demonstrations for a constitution, the demonstrations degenerated when the army intervened and the students were joined by many people who generally criticize the government of the Duke.
In the days following further outbreaks were built in other towns in Bohemia.
László was favorable to the rebels and did not act, but the Duke was not going to give up and repressed the liberal movements, forced by the Allies, the Hungarian king withdrew his support and intervened in the region of Mount Jirny, where some soldiers had mutinied. When

yet there was hope that the revolutionaries were backed by Czech, the secret society of Köhler took advantage of the absence of the Duke of Bavaria, at his residence in Regensburg, to begin their own uprisings, January 13, Monaco, Augusta and other towns important. With the support of nearly half of Duke's army, 15 Bavarian Republic was proclaimed. Continued until late April in clashes between monarchists and republicans, with the intervention of the weapon of Count Axel von Weimar. The republic sought the help of the invaders, but in accordance with the agreements established no soldier crossed the border. In March, the revolution was over. In March

even secession Swiss had been put silenced: the Alpine Brigade and the regular army of the Confederation of the secessionists aggregatasi surprised the army in the plain of Laufen, ready to groped the last offensive. With the defeat in Laufen, the leaders of the revolt were forced to surrender.



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