Excerpt from M???moires de Saint-Simon, Vol. 17 Elle y laissa quatre - vingts milliers de poudre, quatre mille mousquets de rechange et beaucoup de canon. Il n'y eut ni s???dition, ni murmure des bourgeois, ni aucun coup de main depuis l'investiture2 jusqu a la capitulation. La Motte surprit extr???mement les chefs des corps, qu'il assembla, non pour les consulter, mais pour leur d???clarer la r???solution qu'il avoit prise, et sans prendre leur avis3. Capres, lieute nant g???n???ral des troupes espagnoles, et qui avoit le ...
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Excerpt from M???moires de Saint-Simon, Vol. 17 Elle y laissa quatre - vingts milliers de poudre, quatre mille mousquets de rechange et beaucoup de canon. Il n'y eut ni s???dition, ni murmure des bourgeois, ni aucun coup de main depuis l'investiture2 jusqu a la capitulation. La Motte surprit extr???mement les chefs des corps, qu'il assembla, non pour les consulter, mais pour leur d???clarer la r???solution qu'il avoit prise, et sans prendre leur avis3. Capres, lieute nant g???n???ral des troupes espagnoles, et qui avoit le titre de gouverneur de Gand', ne put jamais ???tre persuad??? de si guer la capitulation, et cet exemple fut suivi de beaucoup d'autres. Gavaudun???, aide de camp du comte de la Motte, et fort attach??? ??? M. Du Maine, ??? qui il fut depuis, apporta cette belle nouvelle au Roi, qui ne voulut pas le voir, et qui, pour r???ponse, envoya au comte de la Motte une lettre de cachet qui le rel???guoit chez lui pr???s de Compiegne. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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