memoir · by a contemporary

Recollections of republican France, from 1790 to 1801

J. G. Millingen (1782–1862), 1848

Named on the pages for Battle of Jemappes, Battle of Fleurus (1794).

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6 November 1792

Battle of Jemappes

REPUBLICAN FRANCE. 177
The recent victory of Jemappes, when the raw levies of France had attacked one of the best dis- ciplined armies of Europe, commanded by expe- rienced Generals, and occupying a position

REPUBLICAN FRANCE. 301
amongst other malicious reports, that the Due de Chartres was not the son of Egalite, but had been exchanged at nurse for a female child ; and he sought to prove his ignoble origin, by the courage he displayed at the battle of Jemappes. Howbeit, this monster gave me but little con- solation regarding my brother ; and, after having cast a hasty glance on my petition, he vociferated : " You may thank your stars, petit malheureux, that you and all your family have not been sacrificed to public indignation, to avenge the wrongs inflicted on us by your perfidious country !" I need not add, that I was rejoiced when I left his room, and hastened down stairs much more rapidly than I had ascended them.

26 June 1794

Battle of Fleurus (1794)

REPUBLICAN FRANCE. 277
The orchestra now executed a piece of Mehul's, descriptive of the Battle of Fleurus ; and the fire of the contending armies was imitated by a sin- gular accompaniment of musketry and field- pieces, fired in time, at a signal of the leader. The effect was most surprising and effective. While this composition was performing, the procession started again for the Champ de Mars, Robes- pierre displaying, if possible, more arrogance and pride than before, heading the National Con- vention.

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