Anecdotal Recollections of the Congress of Vienna

Francis I, Emperor of Austria.
ANECDOTAL RECOLLECTIONS OF THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA
BY THE COMTE A. DE LA GARDE-CHAMBONAS
WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY THE COMTE FLEURY
Translated BY THE AUTHOR OF ‘AN ENGLISHMAN IN PARIS’
WITH PORTRAITS
LONDON CHAPMAN & HALL, LIMITED 1902

Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, (late) Printers to Her Majesty


Young La Garde began his studies under the guidance of the Abbé B——, after which he was sent to the College of Sens. (His ‘father’ had been governor of the town in 1789, and its mayor in 1791.) M. de Chambonas, after having commanded the 17th division of the army of Paris for a very short time, was called to the ministry of Foreign Affairs, the 17th June 1792, to replace Dumouriez, who had resigned. His stay there was also very short. Having been denounced publicly in the Legislative Assembly for having withheld information with regard to the movements of the Prussian troops, and becoming more and more suspect every day, he quickly abandoned the post.