Thaly Kálmán: II. Rákóczi Ferenc levéltára 2. osztály: Diplomatia 1. - Archivum Rákóczianum (Pest, 1872)
Angol diplomatiai iratok II. Rákóczi Ferencz korára. I. kötet
Emperor has recourse, for a timely assistance, by allowing their Troops now near Landau to winter on the Upper Rhine. This is the chief dispatch of the Courier who brings my letter, and the subject of a Conversation Count Kaunitz had this morning with Mr. Bruyninx & me, wherein by express orders he represented and recommended to us in few words. lly The Emperors present necessitys which I have at large explained. 2ly That by this help the Emperor might make use of the Palatins & other Troops of the Circles where he should see occasion, & by such an Accession might hope either to reduce the Elector of Bavaria, or quiet the Rebellion in Hungary, during this Winter. 3ly That all necessary measures were taking to put the Imperial Troops in a posture, of acting offensively on all sides against the next Campagne. That to this and recruits were actually raising for the foot Regiments, the Horse having no difficulty to compleat themselves as soon as a fund can be found out for their remount. That free Companys are forming to be laid in the Garrisons of Hungary, when the old Regiments now scatterd there will be drawn together & recruited & augmented till they are a Match for the Rebells, in which points orders are already given out. 4ly That the Low Countrys have at present no great need of their own Troops considering the Enemys weakness, who had made some Detachements to Spain, & sent Precontal with a large body to the Upper Rhine. 5ly That these Troops would cost no more on the Rhine, then if they were actually entertained in the Low Countrys. 6ly That they might make their Recruits as conveniently there as in any other station, and might easily return to their natural service on the first alarm. And lastly that the Emperor wanted nothing but breathing time, after which he hoped to be in a condition not only to sustain himself, but in his turn to assist, his allys. Count Kaunitz expressed to me the particular reliance the Emperor had in this occasion, on Her Majestys knowen