retreat.

General Le Courbe was manoeuvring on his flanks.

Marshal Oudinot was arriving with his faithful royal grenadiers.

The national guards of Marseilles, and the whole population of the
south, were marching from all quarters in pursuit of him; and it was
impossible for him to escape.

This was the 10th of March.

The next day an officer of the King's household appeared in the
balcony of the Tuileries, and, waving his hat, announced, that the
King had just received an official account of the Duke of Orleans, at
the head of twenty thousand men of the national guard of Lyons, having
attacked Bonaparte on the side towards Bourgoing, and completely
beaten him.

The same day information was given, that Generals d'Erlon, Lefevre
Desnouettes, and Lallemand, who had attempted to seduce the troops
under their orders, had completely failed, and taken flight[48].

[Footnote 48: These four generals had agreed, to
repair together to Paris. The troops of Count
d'Erlon, quartered at Lisle, deceived by
supposititious orders, were on their march, when
they were met by the Duke de Trevise, who was going
to take the command of his government. He
interrogated them, perceived the plot, and ordered
them back.

Count Lefevre Desnouettes, ignorant of this unlucky
circumstance, put in motion his regiment, which was
in garrison at Cambrai. When he reached Compiegne,
he did not find the troops he expected, and showed
some hesitation. The officers of his corps, and
particularly Major Lyon, questioned him, and
finally abandoned him.

On the other hand, the brothers Lallemand, one of
whom was general of artillery, had marched to Fere
with a few squadrons, intending to seize the park
of artillery. The resistance they met from General
d'Aboville disconcerted them, and, after they had
attempted in vain to seduce the garrison, they
fled, but were shortly after arrested.

It was supposed, that this rising in arms had been
concerted with Napoleon; but I know from good
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