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THE
MEMORIAL
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OF THE
E of S
Stain, John Buoys pre
c. 1746?
HE March from Afchaffenburg was
made entirely without my Knowledge.
I got
into my Coach in the Morning,
refolving to continue there during all the March;
but being afterwards informed that the French
were paffing the Mayne, and advancing to at-
tack us, I immediately mounted on Horſeback,
and made all the Difpofition proper for the
drawing up of our Army in Order of Battle;
which I executed without any Confufion. Meet-
ing Count Neuperg foon after, I informed him
of the Difpofitions which I had made, and he
approved them entirely. This General was of
Opinion, that the Enemy's Deſign was not to
attack
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attack us. Your M-
coming up afterwards,
I had the Honour to acquaint You with every
thing I had done, and You expreffed in ftrong
Terms your Approbation of all.
I SHALL not take notice of what happened
during the Action, Your M
knows that my
Opinion was, that, without lofing any Time, we
ſhould make all the Advantage we could of the
Victory we had gained. When the Army ar-
rived at Hanaw, I propofed to feize on Hoeckft,
and lay a Bridge over the Mayne to paſs that
River; and to poft our Army in fuch a manner,
as to hinder the Enemy from getting back over
the Rhine, which, from what had paffed on the
Side of the Danube, I judged would foon hap-
pen. I preffed the fame Advice with Your
M by the means of General Ligonier. Į
am utterly ignorant how it came to paſ that it
was not followed.
I PROPOSED afterwards to lay Bridges over the
Mayne on the Side of Hanaw, that thereby we
might be in a Condition to make all poffible Ad-
vantages of the Enemy's Conduct, in cafe they
fhould think fit to quit that River,
THIS being over, I told Your M———— there
was ſtill one only Means left of maintaining
your Superiority over the French, viz, to em-
bark
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bank all the Foot, to fend them down the Rhine,
and march them with all poffible Expedition to
wards Flanders: I cannot help ſtill repeating the
fame Advice.
I HAVE received feveral Marks of Contempt
for my Advices, even in the View of the whole
Army, particularly of the English Troops. Pofts
of Command that became vacant, and which
ufed to be diſpoſed of by the Recommendation
of the Commander in Chief, were given away
without my Knowledge; and fome particular
Generals have been named to command at the
Head of the Line, whilft I was there prefent.
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I HAVE ferved under the two greateſt Generals
of their Time: Their Confidence and Favour
have procured' me a Knowledge of the Plans and
Difpofitions which they made for Operations.
Ar the End of the War I was ſtripped of all
my Employments, on account of my Attachment
to the Houſe of Hanover.
Ar the late King's Acceffion to the Crown,
I was fent Ambaffador to the Court of France;
Conduct at that Court is fufficiently known.
my
I HAD the Misfortune not to pleaſe Your
M———————'s M———————rs; but this never in the leaft
cool'd
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cool'd my Zeal for the Advancement of Your
Glory and the Public Good, as far as was in my
Power.
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IN 1734, I got a Plan delivered to Your
M- for forming an Army upon the Mozelle,
which could have infallibly made You Arbiter of
Europe. When M. Maillebois marched into Bo-
hemia, I formed another Plan for affembling
an Army in Flanders, with which, if the Plan
had been readily put in Execution, it had been
eafy to penetrate as far as Paris.
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No Ambition, or any Hopes of raifing my
Fortune, could, at my Age, have engaged me
to quit my Retirement; no other Motive but the
Hopes of contributing to Your Glory, and of be-
ing uſeful to the Public, could have ever drawn
me from thence.
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I FLATTER myſelf that, in regard of what I
have here repreſented to Your M-
be pleaſed to think the L S
You'll
an honeft
Man, tho' a Stranger to Art and Cunning.
I SHALL leave it to Your M-
as my Po-
litical Teftament, never to feparate Yourſelf from
the Houſe of Austria; if ever You do, France
will treat You as he did Queen Anne, and all
the Courts that are guided by ho Cols.
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I HOPE
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I HOPE YOUR M
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will give me leave to
return to my Plough, without any Mark of Your
Diſpleaſure.
A
N. B. L——— S—
L-
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had offered feveral times
before to refign his Command, but his Offers
were rejected till he prefented this MEмorial.
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