Chapter 845 Escape and Retreat
The Duke of Brunswick's face instantly turned pale than the messenger.
He was stunned for two or three minutes, and his brain seemed to have finally accepted this fact. He looked at the staff officer beside him: "Order the Dernberg Legion to block the enemy north of Werz, and other The man turned north and retreated from Plum to Gelden. "
Dernberg was the commander of the Bavarian army. He currently has more than 11,000 soldiers in his hands, which should be able to delay the French army for a while.
But the Duke of Brunswick had no idea. As early as two days ago, Massena ordered St. Elare to lead 7,000 soldiers to set up defenses to the Ur River to cut off the retreat of the coalition forces.
[Note: The Ur River, the Saul River and the Zeer River are actually the upper, middle and lower sections of a river, with three names. They are located on the Ardenne Plateau and on the border between Luxembourg and Trier on the north and south sides. 】
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The central and northern parts of the Ardenne Plateau.
The Duke of York looked at the long and narrow French defense line on the distant hillside and almost fell into incompetence.
He had just received news of Trier's attack and the defeat of the Duke of Brunswick, but he could do nothing.
His troops have been dragged near the Bulgplaz peak for a full week.
The damn Frenchman took advantage of the highlands and never confronted him head-on, but just delayed time by constantly retreating the defense line.
And he can no longer hold on.
When the French completely defeated the Duke of Brunswick, they would mobilize the main force to deal with him.
The Duke of York summoned two Austrian generals and briefly explained the current situation. Then he said with a dark face: "We cannot continue to waste here.
"Order the troops to march eastward immediately and respond to the Duke of Brunswick in the Sauer River."
Earl Clayfat immediately said: "Your Highness, the most urgent task now is not to respond to the main force of the coalition, but to You must return to Cologne as soon as possible to prevent the French troops from attacking there."
The Duke of York suddenly felt nervous when he heard this.
He had only been concerned about reinforcement of the Duke of Brunswick, but he forgot that he might even lose his way out!
Now Kobrentz and Mainz were both captured by the French army, and the Cologne Ferry to the north was their only way back to the east coast of the Rhine.
He took a deep breath, poked his cane hard on the grass, gritted his teeth and said, "We will retreat to Cologne. The Duke of Brunswick will definitely withdraw successfully."
Gaya, commander of the Wallonian Legion Major General Er noticed that the sound of coalition artillery around him began to weaken, and was a little surprised and hurriedly ordered the cavalry to go forward to reconnaissance.
Half an hour later, the Ranger returned and reported to him: "General, the enemy seems to have begun to retreat."
Gayar breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that his mission was It was successfully completed.
He turned to the messenger beside him and said, "Let the soldiers rest on the spot, we should be able to return to Namur soon."
Brigadier General Kangtan, the second commander of the Wallonian Legion, pondered for a moment and came over and said, "General, according to the battle report sent by the command center yesterday, our army has launched a comprehensive counterattack against the enemy on the Arden Plateau.
< br>"If I guess correctly, the British on the opposite side should be going to pick up their main force. "
Gayar nodded: "It's very likely, so what? "
"This is a good opportunity for us to obtain merits, General. "Kantan said, "We should start chasing and at least delay the British's return to help. "
Gaal hesitated, after all, the Duke of York had more than 10,000 troops than him. Seeing him hesitated, Kantan continued, "General, we came here from Mechelen to execute." They are all passive defense tasks and do not make much contribution.
"We are about to win a great victory, and if we don't fight for it, there will be no chance in the future.
"We can keep some of the troops here at Burgplaz Peak, in case of the situation No, just return it. "
Gayar was moved by his words.
If he could turn the defensive battle into a defeated battle, then after the war was over, he would be highly likely to be promoted to Lieutenant General!< br>
After discussing with Contin for a while, he ordered the Alpine Legion to leave 4,000 people to hold his position, and led the Wallonian Legion and American volunteers to pursue the enemy.
Well, he knew that the Americans had no combat power, but was just guarding against the fact that if the enemy suddenly turned his head and attacked, they could leave behind the mat.
The Duke of York left only two thousand troops with a break-off, and was soon broken by Gayar.
Then the Wallonian Legion followed the British and Austrian coalition forces.
Gayar soon noticed something strange. The British seemed to retreat very urgently. He chased him to the baggage convoy twice, and they would rather give up their logistics supplies than turn around to fight.
This strengthened his determination to pursue.
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But the British ran a little fast...
He suddenly remembered the tricks that His Highness had used in Mechelen before, and immediately summoned American volunteer soldiers to ask them Riding lightly with horses and catching up with the British, you don’t have to fight, just keep insulting.
Gayar's method really worked.
An officer commanding the British backs finally couldn't help it after hearing Americans laugh at them for being "crying from American farmers in North America."
He himself participated in the American War of Independence. If the French army hadn't arrived, he would have crushed the untouchables of the North American colonies into part of the soil!
He immediately ordered the rear army to turn around and line up to teach the untouchables who were full of swearing words.
The Duke of York was calculating the itinerary on the map, and it should be two and a half days to get to Cologne.
At this moment, he suddenly heard gunshots coming from the south.
Soon, the appointee reported to him that the Jones legion in the back team suddenly stopped and was fighting the enemy.
The Duke of York was furious. He didn't even want the baggage battalion. Just to avoid being entangled by the enemy, Jones, a idiot, actually took the initiative to ask for a fight!
He hesitated for a while, but in the end he was reluctant to give up the 7,000 soldiers in the back team - the British army he brought now only has 15,000 left, which is nearly half of the troops.
But soon, the Duke of York regretted it.
The Wallonians were still as before, avoiding fighting head-on with him, but instead constantly deviating to the flanks, obviously trying to hold them back.
After two days of entanglement with the Wallonian army near Dylan, the Duke of York received an urgent military report.
The Duke of Brunswick was surrounded by French troops in the area of Rhodeshausen on the west bank of the Ur River, and was in danger. At the same time, the French troops in the Rhineland had occupied Mainz and were turning north.
The Duke of York suddenly felt desperate and had to order the Austrian Legion to continue to deal with the Wallonians - this might have to leave tens of thousands of people - and rushed to Cologne to defend.
However, his messenger returned soon, and reported to him with sweat: "Your Highness, Count Clayfat has led the Austrian army out of the battle, and has led to huge appearances on the left wing of our army. Notch. ”
(The end of this chapter)