left for Geneva after this conference; whilst the emperor, the king of Prussia, the principal princes of the confederation, the ministers, the generals, and the Duke of Brunswick went to Mayence.

Mayence, where the fetes were interrupted by the councils, became for some days the head-quarters of the monarchs, and there, at the instigation of the _emigres_, extreme resolutions were adopted.

It was resolved to combat a revolution that but increased in proportion as it received indulgence.

The supplications of Louis XVI., and the warnings of Dupan were forgotten, and the plan of the campaign was fixed.
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The emperor was to have the supreme control of the war in Belgium, where his army was to be commanded by the Duke of Saxe-Teschen.

Fifteen thousand men were to cover the right of the Prussians, and affect a junction with them at Longwy.