Volume 3 (of 6) 59/97 They attack the officers and volunteers, take the liberty of pulling off epaulettes and talk only of cutting and slashing, and declare that they recognize no superior being equals with everybody, and that they will do as they please. Those who are ordered to arrest them are chased and attacked with saber cuts and pistols] [Footnote 3247: C.Rousset, 20 (Letter of General Wimpfen, Dec. 30, 1791).--"Souvenirs" of General Pelleport, pp.7 and 8.] [Footnote 3248: C.Rousset, 45 (Report of General Wimpfen, Jan. 20, 1792) .-- Letter of General Biron, Aug. 23, 1792.] [Footnote 3249: C.Rousset, 47, 48.--"Archives Nationales," F7, 3249. |