Some Chapters From the History of the Rhine Country
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PuhUcat. aus den K. Preuss. Staatsarchiven, xxvi, 5. 8 Gramont, Memoires, in Michaud, Nouvelle Collection des MSm- cires, vol. xxxi, p. 288. * Gramont, MSmoires, xxxi, 289. Digitized by Google FORMATION OF THE LEAGUE OF THE RHINE 47 that Volmar, the Austrian representative, had attempted to secure their exclusion from the Diet, but had been defeated through the efforts of John Philip of Mayence. Arrived in the vicinity of Frankfort, the French were compelled to wait three days for fair weather ...in order that the solemn entry might be as impressive as possible, for they well understood the sway which French taste and display held over the Ger- man mind." Finally, on Sunday, August 19th, the weather was all that could be desired. Early in the morning the French envoys attended divine services, and a hurried break- fast followed ; then in splendid uniforms, with the glitter of silver and gold, the long cortege moved slowly into the old imperial city. The next day MM. Gramont and Lionne paid a formal call to the Elector of Mayence, High Chancellor of the Em- pire.
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