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The 1740 Strassbourg Trip
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selenakGustav Volz' anthology "Gespräche" which is in our library contains Volz' combination of two French reports on Friedrich's' 1740 attempt at an incognito journey to France which ended prematurely in Straßburg/Strassbourg, that of the Marquis de Valfons, who was a captain in the local regiment, and that of the overall CEO Broglie's report as given on August 26th 1740, i.e. a day after it happened , for his superiors in Paris. A reminder on Broglie: not the one from the 7 Years War, but but this one, his father.
Volz is conscientious about his sources, so he tells us via footnote that the Marquis de Valfons' report is from "Souvenirs du marquis de Valfons", S. 50 ff, Paris 1860, while Boglie's report was printed in the "Archives de la Bastille, BD. XIII, S. 195 ff, Paris 1881.
Having read them now: worst incognito traveller ever! Also, no arrest, unless Broglie is being lying. The date: 23 - 25th August 1740.
( How to not travel under an alias if you don't want to be outed by the French )
felis then unearthed other reports on those Strassbourg/Straßburg days, including one from Manteuffel of all the people, which led to a lively salon debate, not least because we were curious who Le Diable's source among the travellers might have been.
( How fast can you send secret spy reports from Straßburg to Berlin anyway? )
Volz is conscientious about his sources, so he tells us via footnote that the Marquis de Valfons' report is from "Souvenirs du marquis de Valfons", S. 50 ff, Paris 1860, while Boglie's report was printed in the "Archives de la Bastille, BD. XIII, S. 195 ff, Paris 1881.
Having read them now: worst incognito traveller ever! Also, no arrest, unless Broglie is being lying. The date: 23 - 25th August 1740.
( How to not travel under an alias if you don't want to be outed by the French )
felis then unearthed other reports on those Strassbourg/Straßburg days, including one from Manteuffel of all the people, which led to a lively salon debate, not least because we were curious who Le Diable's source among the travellers might have been. ( How fast can you send secret spy reports from Straßburg to Berlin anyway? )
