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Massacres Of The South (1551-1815) I

CHAPTER V
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Having only one, I must always send him where he is most needed.

It was for that reason I sent you to Languedoc.
You have, while there, restored tranquillity to my subjects, you must now defend them against their enemies; for I shall send you to command my army on the Moselle in the next campaign." The Duke of Berwick arrived at Montpellier on the 17th March to replace Marechal Villars.

His first care was to learn from M.de Baville the exact state of affairs.

M.de Baville told him that they were not at all settled as they appeared to be on the surface.

In fact, England and Holland, desiring nothing so much as that an intestine war should waste France, were making unceasing efforts to induce the exiles to return home, promising that this time they would really support them by lending arms, ammunition, and men, and it was said that some were already on their way back, among the number Castanet.
And indeed the late rebel chief, tired of inaction, had left Geneva in the end of February, and arrived safely at Vivarais.


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