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ANNUAL REGJSTER, 1?94. 



ihcy manifc^sted for their safety. 

 But no testimony of the high opi- 

 nion and veneration in which they 

 lield their chiefs, couUi be stronger 

 than lliat whiih was paid to their 

 memory v.'hen they were no mf^e. 

 1 he bodies of those t-,vo brave of- 

 ficers Honchanip ai'd Lasiere, who 

 iiied of their ■yvounds a few days 

 before the rctrOat.of the insurgents 

 across the Loire, were carefully 

 enibalmod, and inclosed in coffins, 

 •which were carried with tiiem 

 everywhere by the royalists, and 

 always, inaction, placedat tlxjfoot 

 of ihe royal st;indnrd. When they 

 were conipclkil by the irrpsistible 

 superiority of the eneiijy to have 

 recourse to dispersion for their 

 saftiy, they were anxious (o pro- 

 vide a place of concealment for 

 those respected remains ; dreading 

 that if they fell into the hands <vt' 

 the republican party, they would be 

 treated with all manTier .of indig- 

 nity. The death of tlwt gallant 

 young warrior Laroche Jaccinelin, 

 was accompanied with no less iar 

 mentation. Af;er the total defeat 

 of the royalists, on their march 

 towards Nonr.andy from Lemans, 

 Stoflet and he, after nnny escapes 

 i'roni the republicans, liad tonnd 

 means to cross the Loire,, and to 

 ^oin the royalists under Charetle. 

 Here he continued to exhibit his 

 courage and cap tcilyj and was con- 

 sidered as an ollicer of the most 

 promising virtaes and talents. Un- 

 happily for his paity, he did not 

 long survive the reputation he was 

 daily acquiring by his many ex- 

 j)loits. He was slain while recon- 

 noitring the enemy, and making 

 preparations for an attack. To- 

 gether with him fell a young lady, 

 .so stronglvattacb.edtohim, that un- 

 able t,o bear his less, and impatient 



to revenge his death, she nished at 

 the head of his followers into the 

 midst of the enemies, where she 

 soon met l:er fate. 



Those looses of their chiefs were 

 more fatal to the rov-'ilists than any 

 of their defeats. These had coiv 

 statitly been repaired by the skill 

 and valour .of their commanders j 

 but when -those were falltiii, the 

 want of Uiein was speedily expe^ 

 rlcnced. (Dut of live excellent Ge- 

 nerals only two reniaincd, Cha- 

 rette and Stotict : — and however 

 great their abilities and mer.t, they 

 rouUl not altjnc supply the idaccji 

 of those thai: were )ost. 



It w.ar. ijot ff ilhout the greatest 

 reasojj tiiey so sincerely deploretl 

 the Jo.ss of those V>rave and exper't- 

 enced leaders, nnder whom they 

 had so olien triumphed over their 

 enemies, and whose judicipus con- 

 duct so fordniatrly preserved them 

 from what liiey deemed the worst 

 cabniity that •could befal them, 

 tliat ot tailing into the hands of fhp 

 enemy, it the various reports may 

 be relied on, which persons of rank 

 andcreditaniong the royalists have 

 circulated, certain it is th^t tlip 

 state of those wlio were made pri- 

 soners by the republican tfoops., 

 was peculiarly lamentable. They 

 Were thrust together, as it were, by 

 heaps, and thre.itened with inuue- 

 diate death <>« 't'fi It^^^l nose or stir 

 among them, or npoii the approach 

 of any body of royalists. Some- 

 times they were tied to stakes, and 

 e.xposed to tli? derision of the re- 

 publican soldiery. |n order to in-r 

 suit at once their religion and po- 

 litics, effigies of the King and Pope 

 were sometunes produced before 

 then,), decoratedwith mock ir.signia 

 of their dignity. They were load- 

 ex! by some v itli every species pf 

 • abuse. 



