d her enemies admired; both wept over him. His funeral
was attended by the generals and detachments from both armies. In the
same grave General Hoche is interred, a gallant man also in every sense
of the word; but though he distinguished himself greatly in battle, he
had not the good fortune to die there: his death was attended by
suspicions of poison.

A separate monument (not over his body, which is buried by Marceau's) is
raised for him near Andernach, opposite to which one of his most
memorable exploits was performed, in throwing a bridge to an island on
the Rhine [April 18, 1797]. The shape and style are different from that
of Marceau's, and the inscription more simple and pleasing.

"The Army of the Sambre and Meuse
to its Commander-in-Chief
Hoche."

This is all, and as it should be. Hoche was esteemed among the first of
France's earlier generals, before Buonaparte monopolised her triumphs.
He was the destined commander of the invading army of Ireland.

[The tomb of Francois Severin Desgravins Marceau (1769-1796, general of
the French Republic) bears the following epitaph and inscription:--

"'Hic cineres, ubique nomen.'

"Ici repose Marceau, ne a Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, soldat a seize
ans, general a vingtdeux ans. Il mourut en combattant pour sa
patrie, le dernier jour de l'an iv. de la Republique francaise. Qui
que tu sois, ami ou ennemi de ce jeune heros, respecte ces
cendres."

A bronze statue at Versailles, raised to the memory of General Hoche
(1768-1797) bears a very similar record--

"A Lazare Hoche, ne a Versailles le 24 juin, 1768, sergent a seize
ans, general en chef a vingt-cinq, mort a vingt-neuf, pacificateur
de la Vendee."]

12.

Here Ehrenbreitstein with her shattered wall.
Stanza lviii. line 1.

Ehrenbreitstein, i.e. "the broad stone of honour," one of the strongest
fortresses in Europe, was dismantled and blown up by the French at the
truce of Leoben. It had been, and could only be, reduced by famine or
treachery. It yielded to the former, aided by surprise. After having
seen the fortifications of Gibraltar and Malta, it did not much strike
by comparison; but the situation is commanding. General Marceau besieged
it in vain for some time, and I slept in a room where I was shown a
window at which he is said to have been stan