Note 39 — LETTER IV.
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This Prince was Velt-Marshal-General of the Emperor's Forces, and in that Quality he commanded the Emperor's Army, in the War which France declared against his Imperial Majesty in 1733. He acquired great Reputation at the Head of a very weak Army, by hindering the French from doing any thing more than taking Fort Kehl in the first Campaign, when the Emperor was surpriz'd and unprovided. At the Opening of the Campaign in 1734, this Prince oppos'd the Designs of the Marshal Berwick, by Lines which he cast up at Muhlberg, and which were of good service to Prince Eugene in facilitating his Retreat towards Heilbron, when he came to take upon him the Command of the Imperial Army. That great General own'd he never saw any thing look better, or that was stronger and better disposed than those Lines, which the Duke of Bevern had guarded till then, with an Army of not 25000 Men. His most Serene Highness was in 1734, declared by the Dyet of the Empire, Velt-Marshal-General of the Armies of the Empire.