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vanee from the Moselle to the Rhine; whilst he was 
accumulating formidable means of resistance on the lat- 
ter river, Carnot, without troubling himself about old 
theories, detached unawares 40,000 men from the army 
of the Moselle, and sent them to the Meuse by forced 
marches. Such was the celebrated manceuvre which 
decided the success of the campaign of 1793, during which 
the Austrian and Dutch generals had the double chagrin 
of being constantly beaten, and this against all rules. Yes, 
Gentlemen, the national tribune was but just, on the day 
when it echoed these noble words, which have now 
become historical: “ Carnot has organized victory.” 
CARNOT ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE AT WATTIGNIES. 
It might be said of the French armies, as of certain 
painters, that they have had various styles. On the day 
of battle, it is true, the imperial armies and the repub- 
lican armies precipitated themselves on the enemy with 
the same intrepidity ; with this exception all else was 
different. The imperial soldier saw his country only in 
the ARMY; it was for the honour, for the glory of the 
army, that he shed his blood at Wagram, at Sommo- 
Sierra, at the Moscowa. The republican soldier fought 
for his counTRY; the national independence was the 
thought that, above all others, animated him in the com- 
bat ; as to recompenses, he did not even dream of them. 
Follow those same soldiers into private life, and you will 
see this dissimilitude continue. The imperialist remains 
a soldier both in his sentiments and in his manners ;. the 
republican, confounded in the mass of the population, 
becomes soon undistinguishable from an artisan, from a 
labourer, who had never quitted his workshop or his 
plough. 
