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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1794. 



13. The soldiers of the republic 

 shall ohserve the strictest discipline 

 In the conquered countries, and re 

 fute bv their conduct the calumnies 

 cf their enemies. The commanders 

 of corps and the generals shall 

 cause to be given up all those who 

 commit disorders, the eh'tc.t of 

 -which would l.e to favour the de- 

 signs of the enemy. 



Done at Lisle, 4th Messidor, 

 (22d June) in the 2d year of 

 the republic, one and indivisi- 

 ble. . 



(Signed) Richard, 



A true copy. S. Bourgek, 



Commissary in chiet. 



Decree of ike conventiov, on the 5th 

 of Julij, 1794. 



THE national convention de- 

 cree, lliat all the troops of 

 the. combined tyrants, who remain 

 garrisoned in French towns, inva- 

 ded by the enemy on the frontiers 

 of the north, and who shall not sur- 

 render at discretion, within twenty- 

 four hours after being summoned by 

 the generals of the armies of the re- 

 public, shall not be admitted to any 

 capitulation, and shall be put to the 

 sword. 



Proclamation cxrcnlatedat Brussels. 



French repulTu, one and indwisi- 

 lle — Ulertij, equality. 



army of the north decrees, as fol- 

 lows : 



1 . The persons and property of 

 the inhabitants of the conquered 

 countries, are put under the imme- 

 diate protection oi the French sol- 

 diers. 



2. Every individual belonging to 

 the army who shall be found a quar- 

 ter of a league from the posts, 

 camps, or cantonments occupied by 

 the French troops, and who cannot 

 justify his conduct by the sanction 

 or leaveof absence from his officers, 

 shall be considered as a plunderer, 

 and punished with death. 



3. All the generals, captains, and 

 subordinate officers, are made re- 

 sponsible for the rigid execution of 

 this decree. 



4. The French soldiers are re- 

 quired, inthename of their country, 

 to denounce to their chiefs all those 

 who may be found aiding by exces- 

 ses or acts of depredation, the cause 

 of the enemies of liberty, or by vio- 

 lating the principles upon wliich 

 the French republic has been insti- 

 tuted. 



5. The present decree shall be 

 read at the head of every corps, and 

 their officers shall notify the same to 

 their generals by a certificate from 

 their administrative council. Itshall 

 besides be printed, stuck up, and 

 publicly rciid three times every de- 

 cade, until otiierwise ordered. 



R 



Ghent, 20th Messidor, fStk 

 JuhiJ the 2d year of the 

 French repiiilic, 



ICHARD, the representative 

 of the people, sent to the 



(Signed) Richard. 

 And scaled with the seal of the 

 representative of the French 

 people. 



Certified according to the original, 



SoUHAM, 



The general of the 

 division. 

 Froclamation 



