to be expected are such as have
been seen at Dunkirk, at Maubeuge, at the capture of Lyons, at the
destruction of Toulon, and at the siege of Landau." He added, in
conclusion:--"The same causes which divided the allied powers divide
them still; the movements of the armies will again suffer as they have
suffered; they will experience delay and embarrassment, and these will
prove the source of a train of misfortunes the consequences of which are
incalculable." The Duke was succeeded in command of the Prussian army
by Field Marshal Mollendorf; but, in the month of March, a proclamation
announced that the King of Prussia had seceded from the coalition. But
this was only a _ruse_ on the part of his Prussian majesty: he wanted
English money, and when he had extracted the subsidy from Great Britain,
he again joined his allies. Great part of this subsidy, however, was
diverted from its original purpose, to forward designs on Poland, to
secure the territories which had been allotted to the King of Prussia in
the last partition, and to set up a pretension to more. His conduct on
this occasion has been well pronounced loose and spiritless; for the
troops which he furnished fell far short of the stipulated number, and
yet he pocketed more than two millions of English money. The Emperor of
Austria was equally slow in providing contingencies: he recommended the
Germanic confederation to oppose the republic by a levy _en masse_; but
he neglected to set them an example.

The campaign did not open under better auspices in the Netherlands.
Austrians, English, Dutch, and Hanoverians were to fight together there;
but a great number of the Dutch were inclined to democracy, and the Duke
of York quarrelled with the Austrian commanders, and refused to serve
under General Clairfait. At a general council of war held at Ath, it was
proposed that the Prince of Saxe Cobourg should continue at the head of
the grand imperial army, and that General Clairfait should command the
auxiliary forces, the Duke of York acting under his orders. This his
royal highness refused with disdain; and the dispute was only settled by
the determination that the emperor should take the field in person, and
that the supreme command should be vested in him. This ill-timed quarrel
has been generally attributed to the pride, petulance, and jealousy
of rank of the Duke of York. It would appear, however, that the young
prince had nobler reasons for objecting to the supreme comm