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left Brussels early in the morning, and 
posting towards the frontiers, entered 
Picardy, after a journey of thirty leagues, 
during which he and his followers killed 
several of their horses through mere 
fatigue. ; 
The French gentlemen left behind, to 
the number of about one hundred, wére 
greatly embarrassed at this unexpected 
event, more especially as they were des- 
titute of money. In regard to M.de 
Campion, notwithstanding his partiality 
for Plutarch, he appears to have made 
some figure ‘at egurt In consequence of 
his success at play, and this no doubt 
enabled him and some of his compa- 
nions to leave Flanders and wait upon 
the Duke of Orleans at La Fere, whence 
he had sent one of his attendants to 
Brussels to pay his debts, and make his 
excuses for his sudden departure. 
Instead of obtaining a company, as 
had been promised, young Campion was 
now forced to buy an ensigncy, for which 
he paid six hundred crowns ; and, on be- 
ing presented to the king, he deemed 
himself extremely happy that his person 
was not recognized. Indeed, the hetter 
to conceal his recent conduct, he aban- 
doned the name of Fuguerei, by which 
he had hitherto been known. 
Having repaired to Nanci, 
raine, he served for some time under the 
Marshal de la Force, and was present 
at several actions, as well as at the cap- 
ture of more than one place. During 
the attack of ssguiraueh a although in a 
bad state of health, M. de Campion 
found means to distinguish himself. Hap- 
pening at this period to be confined to 
bed with a fever, he got up on hearing 
that a breach had been effected, and in- 
sisted on serving along with the regiment 
of Normandy. The canonesses in that 
town. Miko the namber of fifty, many of 
them very young and very handsome, 
headed’ by La Dame de Villeroi, at the 
same time proceeded to the ramparts, 
and throwing themselves at the feet of 
Coudrelle, the governor, supplicated him 
to take pity on them, and surrender be- 
fore the assault was eiven. ‘They con- 
cluded by observing, “ that on bis reply 
depended their honour.” To this he an- 
swered, “that his own honour was at 
stake, ee that he must think of it also.” 
After repulsing the enemy, these ladies 
were permitted to send a deputation to 
the ewemy’s camp, and becoming success- 
ful mediators, the yarrison was permitted 
to retire with all the honours of war. 
Towards the conclusion of the cam- 
in Lor- 
paign, our young warrior once more fell all, 
and having retired to Nanci, placed himself 
under the protection of an oilicer related 
to his family, with whom, on his reco- 
very, he returned to Normandy. The 
winter of 1636 was spent with his mo- 
ther, and on his going back to his regi- 
ment, Campion found himself a lieute- 
nant. Having been sent to Evreux, to 
superintend the recruiting service: dur- 
ing his march to Beausse, an incident oc- 
curred, which serves to exhibit the disor- 
ganized situation of France at that period; 
for on advancing to Gu, near Anet, the 
inhabitants refused to permit the king's 
troops to take up their quarters within 
the town; nay, their insolence was so 
great that they threatened to attack them, 
if they but advanced towards it. He 
hewever, having encouraged his raw le- 
vies with the hopes of plundering the vil- 
lage, they exhibited such an imposing 
countenance, that the townsmen became 
intimidated. 
Having rejoined the regiment of Nor- 
mandy with two hundred recruits, orders 
were received soon after to repair to the 
army of Cardinal dela Valette, and Cam- 
pion together with his brother officers at- 
sisted at the siege of Saverne, where a 
great number of the soldiers lost their 
lives. 
During the winter of 1687, our author 
spent a fear arog base Paris, and while 
there, became greatly enamoured with 
Mademoiselle de Fontaine, the daughter- 
in-law of his elder brether; he also: 
fought a duel with a gentleman about a 
mere trifle, and on this occasion, the se- 
conds engaged as well as the principals. 
Wounds were given and received, but no- 
thing serious ensued; and the writer of 
the Memoirs seems to have been hear- 
tily ashamed of his rash conduct, although 
he confesses that he was then young and 
and vain enough to have made this affair 
a subject of triumph. 
When the army entered on the cam- 
paign, he was again at his post, and serv- 
ed under the duke de Longueville. ‘To- 
wards the end of the summer, the plague 
manifested itself in the cainp, and this is 
here said to have originated from “ the 
multitude of women and children, the 
pillage, and above all, the interposition 
of the Deity, asa punishment for all the 
evils committed by the troops.” More 
than half the soldiers, and a large por- 
tion of the officers, are supposed to have 
perished on this occasion. D?Alvimar, a 
friend of the author’s, who afterwards ob- 
tained the rank of Maréchal de Can 
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