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he was never seen to swerve, Carnot submitted withouta 

 murmur ; and, as soon as the new government had re- 

 ceived the legal sanction, he served it with the same 

 energy, zeal, and devotion that he had before displayed 

 as a member of the Committee of Public Safety. 



La Vendee was on fire ; Hoche receives orders from 

 Carnot to pacify it, together with a new system of opera- 

 tions. This republican general complies, triumphs over 

 Charette, takes possession of Stofflet, and clears the Mor- 

 bihan of the numerous bands of chouans who ravaged it. 

 In less than eight months, the civil war, that impious 

 war, in which, however, great courage was displayed on 

 both sides, ceased to desolate our territory. 



On the Rhine, our armies are placed under the com- 

 mand of Jourdan and Moreau. A scientific and pro- 

 found plan of the campaign connected the movements of 

 those two generals, and soon carried their victorious 

 troops into the heart of Germany. 



In La Vendee, in Germany, on the Rhine, Carnot, as 

 we have shown, had infused confidence into officers 

 already celebrated by memorable triumphs. The com- 

 mand of the army of Italy he gave, on the contrary, to a 

 general only twenty-five years of age, whose known 

 claims were then restricted to some secondary services 

 that he achieved during the siege of Toulon, and to the 

 easy defeat of the Parisian Sectionaries, on the 13th 

 Vendemiaire, year III., on the humble fields of battle of 

 the Pont Royal and the Rue St.-Honore, and the steps 

 of St.-Roch. I here claim for Carnot the honour of 

 having personally pointed out and selected the young 

 General Bonaparte for the command of our third army, 

 because it legitimately belongs to him; because this 

 choice was long unjustly considered as the result of a 

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