304 MEMOIR OF

 that the conduct of Gen. Leelere was entirely contrary to-O
 intentions of the Government, since the First Consul, in his le
 promised peace, while the general made war. I saw
 instead of seeking to arrest tlis e-'il, he only increased .
 Does he not fear," I said to myellf, in pIur:uing suth condu.4'e
 to be blamed by his Go ernm'-nt (an he h.ipe- to be approved
 by the First Cmoni:l. that rTi: at man whose i iuity and impartiality
 are so wrll known, whilk I .aull hb difapproa.-d I I resolved
 then to d.-flend myself, in cacn ol' attack ; and in r.ite of my few
 troops, I made? my dipuiition.' a,:,:orlingly.
 Gtnolvcs nolt 1, ing deln(-title, I -r:.rri-d it to be burned, in
 (ase nrtreat was ntcrsary. I placcl' Gi-.u. A.t'risopLe-, who had
 et-n obliged to aill bas k, in ithe Erl.'urg rna1., which leads
 to Bayonne-t, and withdrew nm,..ll' to Ennerr, where a part of
 my guard of honor had repaired to join anl d il;-n'l me. There'
 I learned that Gros-Morne had jlust surreud'lerd, anl that the
 army was to march against Gonaire with three .olminns; one
 of these, commandr-d Lb Gen. RT)ohamibe:an, pTurl]>)iug to pass
 by Couleuvre an]d '.omi down upon La Cruix, to ut otT the road
 from the town awl the p-,sage oI' thi bridge. of the E-str.
 1 ordered Gonal veS to be burn.id, anl, ignorant of Gen. Ro-
 chambeau'.- strc.n:.th. marhbed to mett the c..-lunn, whi. h was
 making t1fr the bridge of the Este.r, at I:,' heJad il' 30' greona-
 diers of my guard, cummander d Lb tlicir chirl', and of sixty
 mounted guards. W.: nmet in a gurg,. The attack com-
 menccd at six o,':l::k in the morning with a continuous fire
 which last,.d uritil notn. Gen. Ro..bhamhb.au began the attack.
 I learned from the prLc'intr- I t.'rOk that the iolunin nnmlx-red
 more than 4,111'i mn:n. VWhile I wai enga: el with Gen. Ro-
 chambeau, the eulunmin cummandid lIy -; Gn. Li-..lre reached
; Gr naives. After the -ngaem.nt at La C'r;, I pro eel:d to
 thb. bridge l'f thu E-icr, with artillr.-y, tr. diel'rl theb plac.;., in-
 tendin,_ to go then.e t-. St M'-rL, 'n.r.- I .-.xl.- tti d It) make a
 desperat,- res-ictanju-. Bu, rn s ot;in I out. I Ikarnedl that (Gen.
 Dessalines, having arrived at this ilau:u bIt-l;rr me, was obliged
 to evacuate it and retire to Petite Prviire. I was obliged, atler