[308] Id., 174.
[309] Bertrand Moleville, vol. i., p. 177. Bertrand was an eye-witness of this scene, which he graphically describes.
[310] Madame Campan, vol. ii., p. 127.
[311] The Empress Catharine of Russia wrote to Marie Antoinette a letter with her own hand, containing the following sentence: "Kings ought to proceed in their career, undisturbed by the cries of the people, as the moon pursues her course unimpeded by the howling of dogs."—Madame Campan, vol. i., p. 207.
[312] Mémoires de Madame Campan, t. ii., p. 172.
[313] Thiers, vol. i., p. 204.
[314] Bertrand's Private Memoirs, vol. v., p. 106.
[315] There was an earnest debate in February, 1800, in the British House of Commons as to who were the aggressors in this war. Mr. Pitt denounced the French as the aggressors. Mr. Fox, on the contrary, affirmed that the war was unavoidable on the part of France from the menacing conduct of the German powers.
[316] Mémoires de Bouillé, p. 314.