[57] Gourgaud, tom. i., p. 30.
[58] An Englishman will probably remember the sublime passage in "The Mariners of England:"—
"Britannia needs no bulwark,
No towers along the steep;
Her march is on the mountain-wave,
Her home is on the deep."
[59] "Brunet being unjustly accused of favouring the insurrection at Marseilles, was delivered up to the Revolutionary Tribunal at Paris, and perished on the scaffold."—Napoleon, Montholon, tom. iii., p. 21.
[60] "An old and brave officer. His military knowledge was considerable, but he was confined to his bed by the gout half his time."—Napoleon, Gourgaud, tom. i., p. 42.
"Happily, he allowed himself to be directed entirely by the young Buonaparte."—Thiers, tom. vi., p. 288.
[61] Gourgaud, tom. i., p. 42.
[62] Jomini, tom. v., p. 204; Thiers, tom. vi., p. 283; Montholon, tom. iii., p. 30; Botta, tom. i., p. 190. General Dumerbion, in his despatch to the government, describing his successes, says, "It is to the talent of General Buonaparte that I am indebted for the skilful plans which have assured our victory."
[63] Gourgaud, tom. i., p. 48.
[64] General Tilly. See Nouvelle Biog. de Bruxelles, 1822.