Memoirs of Barras, Member of the Directorate

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER V General Hoche's success in La Vendee?Stofflet taken prisoner and shot?Audacity of the Versailles clergy?A screed bearing the title: An Act of the Synod?-Civil marriages condemned?An ecclesiastical tribunal?Enactment of the Directorate in the matter?Alliance between Russia and England ? Intrigues...
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER V General Hoche's success in La Vendee?Stofflet taken prisoner and shot?Audacity of the Versailles clergy?A screed bearing the title: An Act of the Synod?-Civil marriages condemned?An ecclesiastical tribunal?Enactment of the Directorate in the matter?Alliance between Russia and England ? Intrigues at home?Energetic measures of the Directorate?The Chateau de Bourmont, the headquarters of the Chouans?Chatillon? Sccpeaux? Bourmont ? Turpin-Crisse?The Superior Council of the Chouans?Poland?Heroism of Kosciuszko, one of her sons?Degradation of King Stanislaus ? Clairfait deprived of his command ? The Archduke Charles ? Military regulations ? Blawand Meyer?The Batavian National Convention?Dissolution of the Dutch States-General ? Success of the army on the Ocean shore?Territorial orders (mandats)?Open violation of the rights of nations on the part of England ? Restrictions to the liberty of the press asked for?What such liberty means to society?An enactment forced by surprise from the Directorate by the Deputies of the Bouches-du-Rhone?Rewbell and I oppose it?A register recording the enforcement of all laws and enactments?Beurnonville ? He importunes the Government?A place is found him?His immense indemnities?He is not satisfied?I make him an ironical offer?He takes it seriously?How I get rid of him?Grouvelle?Count von Bernstorf ?Why our ambassador is received in Copenhagen?Poverty of Villars?Cacault?Faypoult?Bad management of the embassy in Genoa?Enactment adding to the attributes of generals-in- chief?General discontent in America?Its source ? Washington's mistake ? Advantages derived therefrom by England? General Hoche's grand behavior in La Vendee ? Adjutant- General Travot?Charette taken prisoner?His dying utterance ?Carnot takes a personal step?Approved secretly; blamed...