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ing in of earth, immediately converted into a grave, where 
the killed, the wounded, and living, all fliared one com¬ 
mon deftiny ! 
Bafle-terre was now the only place remaining in the 
hands of the Englifh, and towards that, Viftor Kngues di¬ 
rected his overwhelming force, burning in his way the 
beautiful feats of the ray a lifts, and laying watte their plan¬ 
tations. Sir John Jervis and general Prefcott ufed-their 
utmoft exertions to defend Baffe-tei re, though without 
much hone of fuccefs, as their troops were (till diminifh- 
ing, and the royaliits and militia went over to the French. 
Under all thefe disadvantages the defence was continued 
for more than a month ; but at length itJbecame neced'iry 
to evacuate this untenable pofition., more efpecially as 
the troops werie wanted to defend other iflands, where 
the mortality had been no lefs dreadful than in Guada- 
loupe. The evacuation was executed with the utmoft 
judgment by eleven o’clock at night, Dec. to, 1794, while 
the French were fo completely ignorant of the movement, 
that they continued their cannonade till two o’clock the 
enfuing morning. 
The campaign of 1795 was commenced under circum- 
ftances widely different from thole which preceded. The 
French arms were triumphant in every quarter; the grand 
alliance was broken ; and feveral (kites which had beheld 
the republican government with abhorrence, were now 
leagued with it in bonds of alliance. The grand duke 
of Tufcany had made his peace before Pruftia ; and Hol¬ 
land, completely fubdued, evinced her politics by taking- 
up arms in favour of the French. The defection of Hol¬ 
land was followed by that of the king of Spain, who, on 
th.e 22d of July, 1795, concluded a peace at Bafle. This 
treaty was facilitated by a change in the cabinet of Ma¬ 
drid, where the duke of Alcudia, a new minifter, after¬ 
wards known by the title of prince of the peace, prefided, and 
afted on principles direftly hoftile to the interefts of the 
allies. The treaty was fufficiently humiliating to Spain, 
who, in compenfation for the towns reftored by France, 
yielded up her portion of the ifiand of St. Domingo and 
her pofleflions on the continent of North America. 
On the 28th of Auguft a treaty of peace was concluded 
between the French republic and the landgrave of Hefle 
Caflel, on condition that he fhould lend no more troops 
to Great Britain for the profecution of the war. it is 
not a little lingular, that peace was concluded with the 
eleftor of Hanover at this period upon fttnilar terms. 
Another treaty,, at this time on-foot, ended in the libera¬ 
tion of the 1 a ft remaining defeendant of Louis XVI. 
After the death of Louis tlie dauphin, the rulers of France 
ventured to difmifs their fears; and the convention puffed 
a decree, that, fo foon as the minifter at war and deputies 
delivered up by Dumouriez, or who had by other means 
fallen into the hands of the allies, fhould be reftored, the 
daughter of Louis XVI. fljould be placed in the hands of 
commiflioners appointed by the emperor of Germany to 
receive her, and the other members of the Bourbon fa¬ 
mily fhould be at liberty to quit the republic. After a 
eonfiderable time fpent in negociation, (he was conveyed 
to Bafle, and there, December 25, 1795, furrendered into 
the hands of her friends ; and the republic gained in re¬ 
turn for this laft wreck of royalty, Beurnonville, Camus, 
Baacal, Qjnnette, and Lamarque, who had been feized 
by fiumouriez ; Drouet the poft-mafter of Varennes ; and 
Semonville and Maret, who had been arrefted under equi¬ 
vocal circumftanpes, by order of the governor of Milan. 
The princefs-royal of France was received with the ut¬ 
moft cordiality at the imperial court, and the archduke 
Charles offered her his hand ; but this fplendid offer 
could not divert the mind of the young princefs from 
that which fhe confidered her duty, the accomplifhment 
of a promife made by her parents to the count d’Artois, 
in confequence of which (he was married to his fon, the 
duke d’Angoulefme. 
While the princefs was thus difpofed of by the legifla- 
tors of her native country, the caufe of royalty excited 
again thofe commotions in La Vendee which the repub¬ 
licans hoped either to have totaily fupprefled, or at 
leaft prevented from re-appearing for a eonfiderable pe¬ 
riod. The peace made with the people of La Vendee in 
a moment fo critical to France was confidered only as. a 
matter of policy ; and the republican writers admit that 
certain men, who were accuftomed to regard thofe pro¬ 
vinces as condemned to everiafting protcription, (hewed 
but little delicacy in observing the terms of pacification. 
Urged by repeated wrongs, and infpired by hopes of ul¬ 
timate fuccefs, the people of the ancient provinces of 
Brittany, Poitou, Maine, Anjou, and Normandy, fud- 
denfy reared the ftandard of revolt. Charette commanded 
the Vendeans; the Chouans and other royalifts were led 
by Jofeph count de Puifaye, who held a commiflion from 
Louis XVIII. brother of the late unfortunate king ; and 
was afiifted by Stoffler, Scepeaux, Sapineau, and many 
others. Vifre and Grandchamp were their general places 
of rendezvous, but they feldpm appeared as an army ; 
they confined themfelves to furprifes and fkirmifhes, in 
which th.ey were frequently fuccefsful, and did the re¬ 
publicans great injury. 
Charette publifhed a fpirited manifefto, on the 26th of 
June, 1795, declaring the caufe of his proceedings; which 
was reinforced by one from M. de Puifaye, who promifed 
that the king of Great Britain would fpeedily fend to the 
afiiftance of the infurgents an army compofed of French, 
troops, French officers and foidiers who had for four 
years -fought for their king. 
The interference of England was indeed confidently ex¬ 
pected, and the time was peculiarly favourable to fuch 
an exertion. The emigrants, many of whom had long 
been fed by the bounty of the BVitifh nation, panted for 
an opportunity to affert in arms tire 'caufe to which they 
were devoted. The Englifh prifons were crowded with 
French captives, many of whom profeffed an ardent de¬ 
fire to join in an expedition to be headed by the princes 
and nobles of their own country. The Englifh navy 
rode triumphant in the Channel, where lord Bridport 
had recently defeated the French fleet, and taken three 
(hips of feventy-four guns. Although no fea-port was 
in pofleflion of the infurgents, the Englifh fleet found no 
difficulty in effefting a landing of three thoufand troops 
at Qmberon, on the 27th of June, 1795. A body of re¬ 
publicans, who oppofed them, were ealily difperfed ; and 
it is faid that the infurgents, apprized of the time and 
place of landing, favoured the operation by feizing an 
important battery, and breaking down the bridges which 
would enable the republicans to unite their corps. Count 
d’Hervilly (who had honourably diftinguifhed himfelf on 
the 10th of Auguft 1792) commanded the emigrants; 
and, in order to afeertain the difpofition of the country, 
advanced fome diftance from the place of landing. Great 
numbers received clothing and accoutrements, and hopes 
were entertained of eftablifhing a formidable army. The 
emigrants gained pofleffion of Auray, and were matters 
of a fmall traft of country between the lake of Auray 
and that of Kergourich, to the high road leading from 
Auray to Hennebond ; they alfo captured fort Penthievre, 
with fix hundred men, w hom they fent prifoners to the 
Britifli fleet. 
Hoche commanded the republican troops in this quar¬ 
ter : but confidering his force infufficient, he retreated to 
Morbihan ; and, evacuating feveral towns, halted in the 
midway to Rennes. Soon the acceffion of reinforcements 
enabled him to adopt offenfive operations ; fo that the 
emigrants were compelled to evacuate Auray, and fall 
back to the peninfula of Quiberon, under the guns of 
fort Penthievre. The principal aim of the republican 
general was to ftraitep their quarters, as he had no hope 
of taking the pofition they occupied by affault; but an 
aft of treachery enabled hint to concert a plan of attack 
which was crowned with fuccefs. Some republican pri- 
fonersj 
