HISTORY OF EUROPE. 
, Austrians;, but the French, in their 
account of it, gave it the colouring 
ofa drawn battle. Fayette moved 
_on dy tlie route of Philipviile and 
‘Beaumont to Maubeuge. This ge- 
meral placed his advanced guard on 
the direct road.to Mons: a circum- 
stance which could not fail to draw 
the attention of the garrison and the 
troops encamped it its neighbour- 
. Gouvion was at Grisnette, . 
bout four miles and a half from 
aubeuge, where he commanded 
_an advanced post, which he had en- 
trenched. ; On this post the Aus- 
_trians made a desperate assault on 
the 13th June, and carried with it 
but very little loss; obliging the 
French troops to retire to the gates 
of Maubeuge. What is remarkable, 
ayette made no movement to sup- 
port this detachment, but suffered 
be ae quietly to retain pos- 
ion of the post, and carry off a 
_ gonsiderable booty. In-this engage- 
Ment, Gouvion was killed by acan- 
_ mon-shot in the village. This gallant 
| officer had been since the year 1789 
| extremely assiduous, and entirely 
| Bote to the service of his coun- 
| try... The Nationa! Assembly paid 
attention to his virtues, and 
\ ed honours to his family. 
| . , On the 13th June, M. Servan re- 
e 
Signed his situation of war minister, 
| @nd was succeeded by M. Dumour- 
lez. This man had rendered him- 
rand adviser of the plans 
the low countries, which 
ved so unsuccessful, But 
2? failures, Dumouriez observed, 
1 only serve to make the 
Mation more successful in 
and enable them to profit by 
rs which he had committed. 
le that bad discipline and 
_ Want of equipment were the real 
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ous by avowing himself 
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sources of the distresses and calami- 
ties which had ensued, he made. it 
the first act of his new ministry to 
report the state of thé armies and 
fortifications,where, throughout, he 
saw nothing but negligence, weak- 
ness, and disorder. Dumouriez re- 
signed his office on the 16th of June, 
fearing the resentment of the Jaco- 
bins; and requested leave of the 
Assembly to repair to his station, as 
lieut. general in the army of the 
north, as before mentioned. , 
In the mean time, Fayette had the 
command of the entrenched camp 
at Maubeuge, where he held in 
check the Austrians on the side of 
Mons and Namur. M. Luckner, 
having in some measure organized 
the army of the north, had filed off 
towards Lisle; and on the 17th of 
June the Marischal took Menin 
without opposition, and the follow- 
ing day effected, with little loss, the 
capture of Courtray. 
The Marischal’s main object was 
the capture of Gheat, alage city in 
the centre of Flanders, from whence 
he might, by means of the different 
canals all through the province, 
have easily reduced the» whole_ 
country to bis subjection. Orders 
hadbeen previously sent to M. Carle 
to march with a division of the army 
from Dunkirk, to the attack of 
Ipres; which he accordingly did; 
when this place surrendered with 
no opposition. M. Carle now form- 
ed a junction with Luckner, with 
the force under his command, con- 
sisting of 5000 men, The army un- 
der Fayette, to favour the opera- 
tions of Luckner, made a diversion 
towards Tennieres, where a slight 
action ensued, with little loss om 
either side. The King, who had at 
this time great confidence in Luck- 
ner, demanded of the Assembly a 
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