[198] Letter from Navailles to the King, July 5, 1669.
[199] Letter from Delacroix to Louvois, June 22, 1669:—Archives of the Ministry of War.
[200] The Marquis de Saint-André-Montbrun, a French nobleman, had been for several years in Candia, and by his courage and talents had finished by becoming, under Morosini, the chief general of the Venetians.
[201] Rélation de ce qui s’est passé dans la sortie qui s’est faite en Candie par toutes les troupes du roy, tant de terre que de mer, pour l’attaque du camp de la Sablonnière, le 25 du mois de Juin, 1669:—Archives of Ministry of Marine, Campagne 3. In my account I have chiefly followed this unpublished manuscript, which has every sign of authenticity.
[202] Rapport adressé par le sieur Brodart à Colbert, à la radde de Candie, à bord de la Princesse, le 27 Juin, 1669:—Manuscripts of the Imperial Library, Papiers Colbert, 153 bis. Unpublished document.
[203] The countersign was: “Louis and forward!”
[204] Rélation de ce qui s’est passé dans la sortie, &c., already quoted. This was the nephew, who became the famous Vendôme. He displayed on June 25, 1669, very great courage, and was rather seriously wounded.
[205] Le siège de Candie, manuscript of Philibert de Jarry:—Imperial Library.
[206] Letter from Colbert de Maulevrier to his brother Colbert. “At Candie, this Sunday, the last day of June, at five o’clock in the evening:”—Manuscripts, Imperial Library, Papiers Colbert, 153 bis.
[207] Rélation, &c., already quoted:—Archives of the Ministry of Marine.