[21] {14}[Barthélemi Catherine Joubert, born April 14, 1769, distinguished himself at the engagements of Cava, Montebello, Rivoli, and in the Tyrol. He was afterwards sent to oppose Suvóroff, and was killed at Novi, August 15, 1799.
For Hoche and Marceau, vide ante, Poetical Works, 1899, ii. 296.
Jean Lannes, Duke of Montebello, born April 11, 1769, distinguished himself at Lodi, Aboukir, Acre, Austerlitz, Jena and, lastly, at Essling, where he was mortally wounded. He died May 31, 1809.
Louis Charles Antoine Desaix de Voygoux, born August 27, 1768, won the victory at the Pyramids, July 21, 1798. He was mortally wounded at Marengo, June 14, 1800.
Jean Victor Moreau, born August 11, 1763, was victorious at Engen, May 3, and at Hohenlinden, December 3, 1800. He was struck by a cannon-ball at the battle of Dresden, August 27, and died September 2, 1813.]
[22] {15}[Hor., Od., iv. c. ix. 1. 25—
"Vixere fortes ante Agamemnona," etc.]
[23] [Hor., Epist. Ad Pisones, lines 148, 149—
"Semper ad eventum festinat, et in medias res,
Non secus ac notas, auditorem rapit—">[