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plined army, and availed of every favorable


moment to change its order of battle, the
Arch Duke Charles, awaiting orders fire.
quently too long delayed, had to encounter
this renowned Captain at great disadvantage
hence the treaty of Campo Fcrmio, 18th
October, 1897. After the peace which
ensued, he was created Governor and Cap
tain General of Bohemia, when, upon the
outbreak of 1899, he again took command
Of the army of the Rhine. In March of
that year he was victorious at Ostrach and
Stokach, when, being reinforced by the
auxiliary troops, he gained the battles of
Mannheim and Neckareau. Shortly after: he
evacuated Phiipsburg and marched to the
encampment Of Karsakous on the Danube.
On account of his delicate health he was
compelled to resign the command, which
devolved on Kray. notwithstanding which,
after the unfortunate battle of Hohenlnden,
he resumed the command, in which he con-
tinued until the cessation of arms at Steyer
on the 25lh December, 1900.
Early in 1901 he was called to the Pre-
sidency of the War Council, which resulted
most favourably to the Austrian military
In the same year he received the title of the
Grand Master of the German Order, which
however he resigned in 1904.
In the war against France in 1905. the
Arch Duke Charles again held the command
Of the army in Italy, where on the 29lh and
3O,h October, he defeated the veteran Gen.
Massena at Caldiero and at Colognola, after
which, in consequence of the unfortunate
events in Germany, he relrea'ed as far back
as Knanickfeld in order to establish an al
lance with the Arch Duke John. He had
nearly reached Vienna with the united ar
mics, when the battle of Aus,erIilz, which
was fought on the Cd December, resulted so
much to the disadvantage Of the Austrian
monarchy. On the 10Th February. 1906,
he was appointed by the Emperor Francis,
Secretary of War with unlimited powers,
| chad this been done a an earlier period the
battle of Austerllz and its fatal consequences
might have been averled,) when an imme-
date energetic organization of the army en-
sued The Arci, Duke was increasingly
occupied in nsliIIing literary and military
activity in all the branches relating to the
science and discipline Of war
In 1909, when Bonapar,e had determined
to invade the Austrian Dominions, Meter
mich, then being Austrian Ambassador al
Paris, unadvised of his object, un'il Bona
par,e had suddenly quit his capitol to take
command in person of his army, nolwlth-
standing the instructions to the police Ia
prevent it, made his escape aud reached the
encampment of the Emperor Francis the
night before the battle of Wagram,) after the
battles Of Alensburg, Landshut, ESkmul and
Regensburg, took possession Of Vienna
treat to Budweis and his subsequent battles
at Aspern and Esling, where in two success
cessive days he defeated Bonaparte, who
commanded in person, when his favori'e
Marshall Lannes was killed, and compelled
him to reraet across the Danube to the
island of Loho, ten miles below Vienna
proved himself under equal circumstances
a match for this greatest Captain of the age.
After the peace of Vienna, 3lst July 1909.
suffering from the wounds which he had
received at Wagram, the Arch Duke Charles
resigned his commission as Secretary at War
and COMMANDMENTS Chief. lie was one OF
the ablest of Bonaparte's competitors, and
SO esteemed by the great Napoleon.
In 1915 he accepted for short time the
military Governorship Of Mayance on the
Rhine. On the 18th September of that year
he married the Princess Henrietta of Mas
sau Weilberg, with whom he retired to Vi
emma and abandoned all public trusts. In
| 1929 he lost this estimable Princess, by
whom he had six children, now alive-four
sons and two daughters; the eldest OF the
latter now Queen Of the two Societies, the
other, young Arch Duchess Maria, not yet
married. His eldest son is Commander-in-
Chief Of the Austrian armies, lately married
to the Princess Hidegard, daughter of the
King of Bavaria. His second son, the Arch
Duke Frederick, is Vice Admiral of the Au-
slrian navy, and is one of the most estma-
BILE Princes of Europe. The Arch Duke
Charles has lately paid the debt of nature
at the advanced age Of rs l2 years, full of
honors and renown. Few men have left
behind them more enviable or enduring
name Born to Imperial and Royal titles,
called to the most distinguished and respon-
sible stations, he never forgot that he was a
Christian and man. Kind and affection
ate in all his family relations, transformations
in his manners and living, he was beloved
by all who knew him. lnheriting the high
est aristocratic titles and honors, he was a
republican in heart and department. Since
his abandonment of public duties he ever
refused to receive the public monies to
which he was entitled by virtue of his rank
and the offices he had filled. Taking wash
ington as his prototype, of whose life and
character he has frequently been heard to
express the most unbounded admiration,
and to hold him up as an example to all
statesmen and soldiers. in the language OF