[22] He fought in the Vendéan War, and was taken prisoner and executed by the Republicans. He said to his judges, “J’ai fait mon devoir; faites votre métier.”
[23] Alexander would not allow the country to be laid waste before the invaders; but government stores were destroyed or carried away, and private individuals voluntarily did the same, to a great extent, with their own possessions.
[24] These outrages, and others yet more revolting, were constantly committed by the French in Russia.
[25] A fact.
[26] The story of Petrovitch is historical. Scarcely anything has been added, and only a few rather improbable details have been omitted.
[27] God the Son.
[28] Her persistence in remaining in the city and her death are historical.
[29] The conversation which follows is given as it was recorded by Michaud himself. All the details in this chapter are historical, without any admixture of fiction.
[30] General Kutusov.
[31] De Maistre.—Sir Robert Wilson, an Englishman, was of great use in this crisis as the friend and counsellor of Alexander.