[The Companions of Jehu by Alexandre Dumas, pere]@TWC D-Link bookThe Companions of Jehu CHAPTER XXI 14/21
September 1, Molitor attacked and defeated General Rosenberg in the Mutterthal.
On the 2d, Molitor forced Souvaroff to evacuate Glarus, to abandon his wounded, his cannon, and sixteen hundred prisoners.
The 6th, General Brune again defeated the Anglo-Russians, under the command of the Duke of York. On the 7th, General Gazan took possession of Constance.
On the 8th you landed at Frejus .-- Well, general," continued Bernadotte, "as France will probably pass into your hands, it is well that you should know the state in which you find her, and in place of receipt, our possessions bear witness to what we are giving you.
What we are now doing, general, is history, and it is important that those who may some day have an interest in falsifying history shall find in their path the denial of Bernadotte." "Is that said for my benefit, general ?" "I say that for flatterers.
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