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them. They were replaced by Sto- 

 flet and Laroche Jacqueliii. This 

 latter was a young gentlcnaan of 

 respectable origin, and of great 

 militaiy talcnta. He was particu- 

 larly, noted for an intrepid cool, 

 ness, that supplied him constantly 

 with resources in the most despe- 

 rate situations. 



' The flight of the insurgents 

 across the Loire had been much 

 disapproved by the two chiefs who 

 happened to be absent when that 

 transaction took place : but it was 

 now too late to attempt the re- 

 crossirig that broad and rapid river, 

 of which all the passages were 

 strongly guarded. They were of 

 course conipelled to follow the im- 

 pulse of the multitude, and to guide 

 It to the best of their abilities. 

 Under their conduct a bold and ra- 

 pid march was begun through the 

 province of Brittany ; they were 

 opposed by a number of republican 

 troopsj but they quickly dispersed 

 them, and overcanie every impedi- 

 ment thrown in their way. When 

 arrived at the place of their destina- 

 tion, which was tliat part of the 

 north coast of Brittany which fronts 

 the island of Jersey, they had no 

 doubt of being speedily succoured 

 fi-om England, They knew that 

 in such ca'^e, the two spacious, rich 

 and populous provinces of Nur- 

 mandy and Britlany, abounding in 

 royalists, would have furnished tlie 

 means of making a powerful ux\f 

 prefsion on the republican interest 

 jn those parts ; uliich was chicily 

 supported by the terror of the seve- 

 rities exercised everywhere upon 

 royalists. After many consulta- 

 tions, the insurgents divided them- 

 selves into two armies : the one re- 

 mained in Brittany, where it block- 

 ?ided th«; strong town of St. Malo; 



the other entered Normandy, where 

 it besieged Grand' Ville, a town 

 upon the coast nearest to Jersey ; 

 but as they were not expert in the 

 tactics relating to sieges, and were 

 ill provided for such an entcrpriie, 

 they were repulsed, and forced to 

 abandon it. They rejoined that 

 division ■which had been left in Brit- 

 tany ; and both of them waited 

 with the utmo/t impatience for the 

 long desired arrival of the English ; 

 but, to their heavy disappointment 

 and alarm, they neither saw a single 

 ship, nor heard the least intelli- 

 gence of their molfons. In the 

 mean time, the destruction of La 

 Vendee, and the punctual exe- 

 cution of the inexorable decrees 

 ef the Convention, had been pub- 

 licly notified at Paris, and afforded 

 the amplest satisfactiou to the re- 

 publican party, which now looked 

 upon the insurrection as totally 

 suppressed, and theinsurgents them- 

 selves as entirely exterminated: It 

 was with the utmost surprise and 

 indignation they were soon after 

 informed, that, after transporting 

 themselves over the Loire they ha4 

 penetrated into Brittany and Nor- 

 mandy, and were waiting on the 

 shores of those provinces for the 

 assistance promised them from Eng- 

 land. It behoved them without 

 delay to obviate the danger of their 

 being joined by the forces that 

 were preparing at this time to make 

 g descent in France, under the com- 

 mand of Lord Moira. They col- 

 le(;tcd with all speed numerous bo- 

 dies of troopt;, which were dispatclw 

 ed against them from all quarters. 

 But the Vendcans encoi.ntered 

 them wit htheiraccustomed bravery; 

 and made such continual slaughter 

 of them, that had not daily and < 

 hQurly reinforcements arrived to 



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