They had scarcely arrived there when la Rochejaquelein arrived, and acquainted them with the general facts of the insurrection.
"Cathelineau's army," he said, "consists of twenty thousand men and, on any emergency, it would swell to nearly twice that number.
Twelve thousand Bretons had crossed the Loire, and were on their way to join him.

In lower Poitou, Charette had an army of twenty thousand; and besides these, there were many scattered bands." Lescure at once agreed to accompany la Rochejaquelein to Bressuire; and the Marquis of Donnissan, Madame Lescure's father, arranged to follow them, as soon as he had seen his wife and daughter safely placed in the chateau of de la Boulais..