I told them so, and warned them.

But they did not believe me; they were reckless enough to set out, and I only succeeded in persuading them to burn their important papers and arm themselves.

True, this was useless.

They were butchered by the Hussars.

One alone, Jean Dubarry, escaped, and I may say that I saved him; for I discovered him in the tree up which he had climbed in his mortal terror, took him to a safe hiding-place, and informed the French authorities in Rastadt.