eikenmaier

Updated: May 14, 2025

Von Gymnich, the commandant of Mayence, called a council of war and surrendered the city, which was unanimously declared untenable by all present with the exception of Eikenmaier, who, notwithstanding, went forthwith over to the French, and of Andujar, the commander of the eight hundred Austrians, with whom he instantly evacuated the place.

Wolfgang Menzel - Germany from the Earliest Period Volume 4