Volume 3 (of 6) 23/70 (Official report of the crew of the Ambuscade, dated Sep. 30). The captain, M.d'Orleans, stationed at the Windward Islands, is obliged to return to Rochefort and is detained there on board his ship: "Considering the uncertainty of his mission, and the fear of being ordered to use the same hostilities against brethren for which he is already denounced in every club in the kingdom, the crew has forced the captain to return to France."] [Footnote 2305: Mercure de France, Dec. 17, address of the colonists to the king.] [Footnote 2306: Moniteur, XIII.200.Report of Sautereau, July 20, on the affair of Corporal Lebreton. |