It made me feel sad."
[113] Fervel, "Campagnes des Fran?ais dans les Pyrenees Orientals,"
I., 169. (October, 1793.) - Ibid., 201, 206. - Cf. 188. Plan of
Fabre for seizing Roses and Figui?res, with eight thousand men,
without provisions or transports. "Fortune is on the side of fools,"
he said. Naturally the scheme fails. Collioure is lost, and
disasters accumulate. As an offset to this the worthy general
Dagobert is removed. Commandant Delatre and chief-of-staff Ramel are
guillotined. In the face of the impracticable orders of the
representatives the commandant of artillery commits suicide. On the
devotion of the officers and enthusiasm of the troops, Ibid., 105,
106, 130, 131, 162.
[114] Sybel (Dosquet's translation [French]), II., 435; III., 132,
140. (For details and authorities, cf. the Memoirs of Marshal
Soult.)
[115] Gouvion St. Cyr, "M?moires sur les campagnes de 1792 ? la paix
de Campio-Formio," I., pp.91 to 139. - Ibid., 229. "The effect of
this was to lead men who had any means to keep aloof from any sort of
promotion." - Cf., ibid., II., 131 (November, 1794,) the same order of
things still kept up. By order of the representatives the army
encamps during the winter in sheds on the left bank of the Rhine, near
Mayence, a useless proceeding and mere literary parade.
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