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great furprife I was told the French General 

 Valence, I atked whether he was a prifoner, but 

 was anfvvered that he had de/crted^ and had ar- 

 rived there a few days before, and that h£ re- 

 ceived all the honours of an Aulirian General. 

 I then went to Saxe Coburg's head-quarters j 

 he was in bed, but I was immediately introdu- 

 ced to him; while I was yet by his bcd-fide, 

 one of his Aid-du-Camps came into the room, 

 to announce that Dumourier, Egalite, (alias 

 Due de Chartres,) Sullivan, Baptijle, and ano- 

 ther, {Mont joy ^ I think) were then in the anti- 

 chamber, fent in by General Clairfait, to whom 

 they had deferted ; they were immediately ulh- 

 cred into the Field-Marfhal's prefence, and I 

 withdrew. Their interview lafted fome time, 

 and the event was, that in a few hours, a fort of 

 proclamation appeared, which, as it is fo well 

 known, I will pafs over. 



At the Field-Marlhal's table, I that day met 

 thefe extraordinary deferiers, each wearing the 

 three-coloured cockade. After dinner the 

 Prince called me alide, and telling me that in 

 half an hour he would give me a letter for the 

 Duke F. of Brunfwic, and that he wifhed mc 

 to haften back to inform his Serene Highnefs, 

 and the other Commanders, that Dumourier 

 had come over, and that he meant to bring him 



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