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ployed to avenge the insulted na- 

 tion. 



" Pardon to tlic Frenchmen who 

 have been misled : the traitors de- 

 serve death." 



In consequence of the near ap- 

 proach of general Brune, with the 

 sword in the one hand, and the 

 olive-branch in the other, some 

 others of the chiefs, besides those 

 already mentioned, and even whole 

 bodies of men, laid down their 

 arms ; but others, who had not yet 

 come to the same resolution, were 

 encouraged to stand out still against 

 all the oiFers and the threats of the 

 republicans, by hopes of assistance 

 from England and from Russia. An 

 active force, consisting of three bat- 

 talions of the first, second, and third 

 regiments of British guards, besides 

 cavalry, under the command of sir 

 Ralph Abercromby, was expected, 

 besides the Russian troops quartered 

 in the islands of Guernsey and Jer- 

 sey, and other Russian troops which 

 were to join them. Towards the 

 end of January, several columns of 

 loyalists having formed a junction 

 with the troops under general Dom- 

 front, attacked the republicans, but 

 were vigorously repulsed, with the 

 loss of five hundred men killed, and 

 fifty prisoners. The different par- 

 ties of the loyalists that still retained 

 their arms and kept together. Were 

 every where attacked with vigour, 

 put to flight, or dispersed. In these 

 encounters, some of the chiefs were 

 killed, and others, among whom 

 was George, were wounded. Early 

 in February no less a number than 

 fifteen thou.sand royalists, or, as they 

 were called by the French, Chouans, 

 laid down their arms, and were 

 united to the republicans. 



It seems remarkable, that it was 

 rtot always the leaders of the roy- 



alists, but the common men, that 

 were the most obstinately deter- 

 mined to persevere in resistance and 

 opposition to the republic. The 

 chiefs that were most convinced of 

 the inefficacy of longer resistance, 

 experienced great obstacles to paci- 

 fication, on the part of the men 

 whom they commanded. When 

 general George gave orders to his 

 people to disband and disperse, they 

 plundered his house. Chatillon, in 

 disbanding his followers, experien- 

 ced like difficulties: so also did seve- 

 ral of the other chiefs. A band, of 

 about three hundred Chouans, de- 

 stroyed the telegraph of Bourbriac, 

 in the Cotes-du-Nord. The same 

 band put to death one of their con- 

 scripts, a young man who had been 

 forced into their ranks, and had 

 thrice deserted. Predatory parties 

 continued also still to levy contri- 

 butions in different parts of the 

 country; but the spirit of resistance, 

 though not, we may presume alto- 

 gether of loyalty, was now broken. 

 The great mass of the people sighed 

 for peace, and began to consider 

 the scattered parties that scoured 

 the country only as enemies to re- 

 turning tranquillity. On the fif- 

 teenth of February, a general paci- 

 fication with the royalists was con- 

 cluded. All the individuals, known 

 by the name of chiefs of Chouans, 

 with the exception of one, present- 

 ly to be noticed, laid down their 

 arms at Rosperdin, and returned, 

 unattended by any of their men, to 

 Quimper. A general disarming of 

 all the loyalists took place in all the 

 departments, and an immense quan- 

 tity of arms, stores, and provisions, 

 fell into the hands of the prevailing 

 party. 



The leader of the loyalists that 

 yet remained unsubdued in mind. 



