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THREE: Invasion of Holland by Dumouriez��He is defeated at Neerwinden and goes over to the Enemy��Second Partition of Poland��The Campaign in the Netherlands��And on the Rhine��The English Fleets in the Channel and West Indies��Siege of Toulon��First appearance of Napoleon Buonaparte��Fall of Lyons��The Reign of Terror��Insurrection in La Vend��e��Its brutal Suppression��Worship of the Goddess of Reason��Opposition to the War in England��Prosecutions for Sedition��Trials in Scotland��Discussions on the subject in Parliament��Arrests of Horne Tooke, Thelwall, Hardy, and others��Battle of the First of June��The War in the West Indies��Annexation of Corsica��The Campaign of 1794��The Prussian Subsidy��Successes of Pichegru against the Austrians��The Struggle for the Sambre��Loss of Belgium��Danger of Holland��The War in the South��The Reign of Terror continues��The Festival of the Supreme Being��Death of Robespierre and his Associates��The Thermidorians��Final extinction of Poland��The Portland Whigs join the Ministry��Trials of Hardy, Horne Tooke, and their Associates��Opening of Parliament��The Budget��Attempts at Reform��Marriage of the Prince of Wales��His Allowance��The French occupy Holland��It becomes a Republic��Prussia and Spain leave the Coalition, but the War continues��Campaigns on the Rhine and in Italy��The War in La Vend��e and in Brittany��The Expedition from England planned��Destruction of the Expedition at Quiberon��Extinction of the War in La Vend��e��Establishment of the Directory��Attack on George the Third��The Budget��Pitt's first Negotiations for Peace��Failure of Lord Malmesbury's Mission��Successes in the West Indies and Africa��Expedition to Bantry Bay��The Campaign of 1796��Retreat of the French��Napoleon's Italian Campaign��The Battles of Arcole��A new British Loan��Suspension of Cash Payments��Grievances of the Seamen��Mutiny at Portsmouth��Its Pacification��Mutiny at the Nore��Descent on the Welsh Coast��Campaign of 1797��Preliminaries of Leoben��Treaty of Campo Formio��Lord Malmesbury's Mission to Lille.
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THREE:At the same time, the Duke of Brunswick was[406] approaching from the rear, and Kellermann from Metz, but both with equal tardiness. Dumouriez dispatched a courier to order Kellermann, on arriving, to take his position on the heights of Gisancourt, commanding the road to Chalons and the stream of the Auve; but Kellermann, arriving in the night of the 19th, instead of reaching the heights of Gisancourt, advanced to the centre of the basin at Valmy, where, on the morning of the 20th, he found himself commanded by the Prussians, who had come up and formed on the heights of La Lune, when, had Kellermann taken the position assigned him on Gisancourt, he would have commanded La Lune. The Prussians had been in full march for Chalons when they took post here, and discovered Kellermann below them by the mill of Valmy, and Dumouriez above on the heights of Valmy. Kellermann, perceiving the error of his position, and that the Prussians would soon seize on the heights of Gisancourt, which he ought to occupy, sent to Dumouriez for assistance to extricate himself. The King of Prussia, perceiving that forces were thrown forward towards Kellermann's position, imagined that the French meant to cut off his march towards Chalons, and immediately commenced firing. From the heights of La Lune and of Gisancourt, which he now occupied, he poured a deadly fire of artillery on Kellermann; and the Austrians, about to attempt to drive the French from the heights of Hyron, if they succeeded, would leave him exposed on all sides. The battle now was warmly contested, but only through the artillery. A shell falling into one of Kellermann's powder waggons exploded it, and occasioned much confusion. The King of Prussia thought this the moment to charge with the bayonet, and now, for the first time, the Revolutionary soldiers saw the celebrated troops, bearing the prestige of the great Frederick, marching down upon them in three columns, with the steady appearance of victory. Kellermann, to inspirit his inexperienced soldiers, shouted, "Vive la Nation!" The troops caught the enthusiasm of the cry, replied with a loud "Vive la Nation!" and dashed forward. At this sight the Duke of Brunswick was astonished; he had been led to expect nothing but disorder and cowardice; he halted, and fell back into his camp. This movement raised the audacity of the French; they continued to cannonade the Prussians, and after one or two more attempts to reach them with the bayonet, Brunswick found himself, as night fell, in anything but a victorious position. About twenty thousand cannon shots had been exchanged, whence the battle was called the cannonade of Valmy. Yet there stood the French, who, according to the reports of the Emigrants, were to have run off at the first smell of powder, or to have come over to them in a body. The next morning it was worse. Kellermann, in the night, had recovered himself from his false position; had gained the heights of Gisancourt which he should have occupied at first; had driven the Prussians thence, and now commanded them in La Lune.But it is because of just this that no scion of ultra-civilization degenerates so thoroughly as does he. Retrogression is easy to him. He can hardly go higher, because he is on the height already; but he can slip back. Set him in a lower civilization, he sinks one degree[Pg 266] lower than that. Put him among savages, and he is nearer the beasts than they. It does not come to pass in a day, nor yet at all if he be part of a community, which keeps in mind its traditions and its church, and which forms its own public opinion. Then he is the leaven of all the measures of meal about him, the surest, steadiest, most irresistible civilizing force. But he cannot advance alone. He goes back, and, being cursed with the wisdom which shows him his debasement, in loathing and disgust with himself, he grows sullen and falls back yet more.
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