The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-10-02
REPLY
OF sENEnAL sARRAzIx 10 oENEeAL BONA
rAhIE.
LONDON, July q, 1910

have pertised with et,tal astonish
ment and attention, a Narrative respecting my
self, which was given in the MoniteGr of the 9TH
OF this month. = p ~: -
You quote only my Memoriat.os 18th or ga
Fri,naire; but have addressed no less than 20
TO you the last, dated from the camp at Bou-
iognc, August ~, 1909, which contains fourteen
pages; whereas, tins which you have quoted has
only four pages. An - -
Since you broke me with the army of Italy, on
being only suspected, why did you restore me
with the army of Brest If we would obtain
credit, we must at least be consistent, and pre-.
serve an appearance of truth 7'A : : 4
Whoever shall read your Narrative, and reflec.
upon what he has read. will discover, in the tone
OF Indignation with which you speak YOUR morn.
fcation my havng haathe good fortune to ESCAPE
from your Bdsfiies, !
You have appealed to my twenty.first and last
memorial. beg you 10 read throughout-sooner
or later, truth will get the better OF imposture
On the 18th of June, you had given General
Clarke no orders to make any report. to you res
Pecting me /; on the Cd July, you learned that
was IN London, busy in unmasking your designs.
You thereupon dictated to your Secretary, what
you believed would do me hurt, and YOU made
General Clarke sign it with bisname The whole
world knows that your ministers SIMPLY but
SO, many puppets, not even excepting Gen. Ber-
thier himself
Having procured my discharge from the regi
ment OF the Colonel. General of Dragons, wa.
appointed governor TO young nobeman, the
Count de VerduzaD, with whom remained in
that capacity for the space of three years In
17sO, accepted the Office of Mathematical Pro-
fessor in the Royal Military School of Sorize, &
had the care of three of the Prince de Beth.
une, as their private tutor.
Having joined the army of the North in 1892,
1acted as volunteer in the first engagements.
was appointed TO the artillery school at Chaons,
q candidate for promotion. The taking of Yer
IN. NJ ciu,ca
oned battalion to be raised, to which was APP
pointed Adjutant. Major, and in which Mr. De
marsaIs, now a Colonelo of Artillery, was obliged
to serve as volunteer. This officer will certify
Snls TACT, OF which you seem to have your doubts
General Houchard, commanding the army of
the Moselle, had nephew whom he wished to
establish my company was fine one the no.
cies were dismissed from the army; Houchard
would insist that was the son OF the Count de
Sarrazin, an emigrsnt, who was his Colonel, and
that was very ike my father Il was in vain
shat declared myself to be peasants son; SO
was obliged to serve as q private soldier in the
army of La Vendee
Being appointed BY General Marceau, in No
vember, 1898, as his Secretary, put in order the
notes OF gen Kleber, his particular friend, rela.
Nng to the seige of Mentz, and the war of La
yeDdee. 1t was by the direction of these two
eenerals, that first set about my work entitled,
- Insfraetions for troops, during a campaign"
Having followed Cen. Marceau to the army of
FLANDERS, IN April, 1874, was present at the bat
tie OF Fieurus, which gained, as have pro-
we'd IN my observations, by the resolution FORE
sight of Cen Soult. 90
Being appointed to the corps of Engineers, I
was employed by gen. Jourdan to make the juno.
ton of the armies of the Sambre and Mouse and
the Moseile In the attack of Coblentz, sue.
ceeded IN carrying the redoubts which covered
Che bridge of the Moselle.
AT the seige of Maestricht was appointed ad.
5utant general, Chief of Battalion, and Chief
of Brigade at the blockade of Luxembourg. I
was appointed to escort the garrison ofthis place
with Marshal Bender, eighty four years of age,
as far as the Rhine, & have the MarsLal's com.
mendation of my attention to him.
Employed on the left wing of Gen. Kleber's ar
my, was engaged to make the preparations for
the first crossing of the Rhine, which took place
in Sept. 1895. The army bore upon the Maine.
from whence it was driven by gen. Clairfait, who
then forced the lines at Mentz.
was with the right wing of the army during
the campaign of Hundstruck. l made the cam.
paign of Germany with Gen. Bernadotte, as the
chief officer of his staff, when Prince Charles
defeated Jourdan, in August, 1877, and forced
him to retreat to the Rhine AT this time it was
that General Moreau effected the retreat so de.
servedly admired and that you made your first
campaign in Italy.
Bernadottc's division left Cobentz in Deem
Der, 1896, and joined your army in March, 1897
goons, made the campaign of Vienna in that ca
pacity Being recalled by General Bernadotte
TO my former situation, at the head of his staff,
after the preiminaries of Leoben, you charged
me with the commission ofpaying the honors due
co the Count of Coben;zel, the Marquis de Cal
10, TIE Count de Merfeld, and Gen Clarke, as
Slenipotentiaries of the treaty of Campo Formio
You expressed yourself well pleased with the
manuscript copy of p" Instructions for troops du
ring campaign" which had sent YOU at Passa
riaDo, in July, 1877.
1t being intended that should make one to ac
company the embassy to Vienna, and being come
60 Paris to proceed on my diplomatic mission, YOU
gave me good reception, and proposed to me
to accompany you to Egypt but on my refusal
to leave Bernadotte, you insinuated to the direc
tory that Republic ought to have no gentlemen
fohofving their administrators and I was sent off
to the army of England, commanded by General
Desaix.
Being returned to France, after having been Ia
ken prisoner in Ireland, was employed with the
army of Italy General Joubert sent me with 8
battaiions to the army of Rome, commanded by
General Championet, and afterwards by General
Macdonald. After the retreat of Naples, this
army joined that of Italy at Genoa, then com
manded by general Moreau Government sent
me out letters Of service for the army of Swtzer-
land, commanded by gen Massena.
AT Paris on my way, General Bernadotte then
minister, gave me the office Of the Marches of
the troops ia the War Department, & afterwards
that OF the Appointments. You were still in Z.
gypt. 1t was at that time intended to overthrow
the Directory, and appoint three cOnsuls Jour
dan, huBereat and Bernadotte were the generals
named was to have been appointed the War
Minister. Acting upon the information recei-