APPENDIX TO CHRONICLE. 
Marshal Brune, who was oppo- 
site to Nice with a body of about 
5000 infantry, and 300 cavalry, 
called the corps of observation of 
_ the Var, made immediate propo- 
sition for an armistice with the 
commander of the Piedmontese 
force at Nice, in which object he 
succeeded, and then marched di- 
rectly to the relief of Toulon. 
On the 14th of July, the day on 
which the troops landed at Mar- 
seilles, he caused a letter to be 
addressed to the admiral, Lord 
Exmouth, enclosing a copy of the 
armistice signed at Paris, and de- 
manding an extension of it to 
the British force in this coun- 
try, which was immediately re- 
jected. 
He then addressed Lieutenant- 
Gen. the Marquis de Riviere, ex- 
ercising the King’s authority in 
Provence, stating his desire to 
send two officers to Paris, to offer 
the submission of Toulon, and 
saying he should refrain from 
hostilities during the ten days ne- 
cessary for his communication. 
This proposition was alsu object- 
ed to, and the marshal was in- 
formed he must resign his autho- 
rity to the officer who governed 
Toulon before Buonaparte’s inva- 
sion, hoist the white flag, and 
suffer the garrison of Toulon to 
be composed of national guards 
and royalists, in as large propor- 
tion as the troops of the line. On 
the same day -his letter was re- 
ceived by the Marquis de Riviere, 
information was had that he was 
marching towards Aix, on which 
I immediately ordered the whole 
of the British troops out of Mar- 
seilles, to take up such a position 
as might menace Toulon, watch 
him, and secure Marseilles ‘itself 
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against attack; but the report of 
his march on Aix gave way to 
that of his concentring near Tou- 
lon, when the following disposi- 
tions were made by me:—I di- 
rected the troops to move forward 
in two columns, one on the high 
road to Toulon, by Aubagne, 
Gemenos, and Cujes, and the 
other by the coast to Cassis and 
Ciotat, in which latter place I sta- 
tioned a small garrison, and af- 
terwards moved the column to 
Leques and Saint Cyr, having an 
advance at Bandol. My own 
head-quarters were at Cujes, hav- 
ing an advance at St. Anne's, 
with very strong ground both to 
my front and rear, and the power 
of collecting my force to act 
along the coast, or on the high 
road, as circumstances might best 
point out. The national guards 
and royalists occupied Beausset, 
Castelet, La Cadiere, and other 
strong points in my immediate 
front or flank. Admiral Lord 
Exmouth had, in the mean time, 
detached one line of battle ship 
to Ciotat, and another to Bandol, 
The enemy’s advanced posts were 
on the outside of the pass of Ol- 
lioules. It was whilst the troops 
were in this position that the Mar- 
quisde Riviere and Marshal Brune 
carried on their negociations, 
through the means of Admiral 
Ganteaume, who, on the day after 
the marshal’s first proposition 
was made, was received in Tou- 
lon as the King’s commissioner. 
Various propositions were made, 
all with the view of gaining time. 
The two following were imme- 
diately rejected—that of acknow- 
ledging the King’s authority, but 
retaining the tri-coloured flag, 
and that of requiring that the 
