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 measures. Why," said I to him, .'did you not rather maMa
 some military arrangements to defe'nl the town until my
 arrival?" He answered, "- What do you wish, general? My
 duty, necessity, the cir:umstani:es, the reiterated threats oi
 the general commanding the squadron, frncd me 'to it. I
 showed the general the orders of which I was the bearer, but
 without avail." -1., added, "that the prxlamnnatins spread
 secretly in the town to sedu':e thu people, and instigate at
 uprising, were not sanctioned by military usage; that if the
 commander of the squadrou had truly pacific intentions, he
 would have waited Ibr me; that he would not have employed
S the means which he used to gain the commani.er of the Fort of
 Boque, who is a drunkard; that he would not in consequence
 have seized this fort; that he would not have put to d.'ath half
 of the garrison of Fort Liberty; that he would nrt have made
 & descent upon Acul, and that, in a word, he would not have
 committed at first all the hostilities of whiih Ihe was guilty.
 Gen. Christophe joined me, and we continuucI tho route
 together. On arriving at Hlaut-du-Cap, we passed through the
 habitations of Breda as far as the barrier of Boulard, passing
 by the garden_. There I ordered him to rally his troops, and
 go into camp on the Bonnrt unt;l further orders, and] to keep
 me informed of all the movement he made. I told him thqt I
 was going to Herieourt ; that there, pj.rhap?, I should receive
 news from the commanderr of the qualrun; that he would
 doubtless d-_liver to me the orders of the Government; that I
 might even meet him there; that I should then as. certain the
 reasons which had induced him to come in this manner; and,
 that, in case he was the bearer of orders from the government,
 I should request him to commuuinate them to me. and should in
 consequence make arrangements with him.
 GCn. Chriii pho lat me then to repair to the,- ,pot which I
 had assigi ed to him; but he met a body of troop.- nho fired
 upon him, fIrced him to dismount from his horie, plunge into
 the river, and cro4s it by swimming.
 After separating from Gen. ChriEtophe, I had at my side Ad-