awing him into the French service. He
was offered the same rank in the French army as he had held in the
English, with a pension of 3000 livres.

M. de Julien accepted, and feeling that his religious belief would be in
the way of his advancement, when he changed his master he changed his
Church. He was given the command of the valley of Barcelonnette, whence
he made many excursions against the Barbets; then he was transferred to
the command of the Avennes, of the principality of Orange, in order to
guard the passes, so that the French Protestants could not pass over the
frontier for the purpose of worshipping with their Dutch Protestant
brethren; and after having tried this for a year, he went to Versailles
to report himself to the king. While he was there, it chanced that the
envoy from Gevaudan arrived, and the king being satisfied with de
Julien's conduct since he had entered his service, made him
major-general, chevalier of the military order of St. Louis; and
commander-in-chief in the Vivarais and the Cevennes.

M. de Julien from the first felt that the situation was very grave, and
saw that his predecessors had felt such great contempt for the heretics
that they had not realised the danger of the revolt. He immediately
proceeded to inspect in person the different points where M. de Broglie
had placed detachments of the Tournon and Marsily regiments. It is true
that he arrived by the light of thirty burning village churches.

M. de Broglie, M. de Baville, M. de Julien, and Captain Poul met together
to consult as to the best means of putting an end to these disorders. It
was agreed that the royal troops should be divided into two bodies, one
under the command of M. de Julien to advance on Alais, where it was
reported large meetings of the rebels were taking place, and the other
under M. de Brogue, to march about in the neighbourhood of Nimes.

Consequently, the two chiefs separated. M. le Comte de Broglie at the
head of sixty-two dragoons and some companies of foot, and having under
him Captain Poul and M. de Dourville, set out from Cavayrac on the 12th
of January at 2 a. m., and having searched without finding anything the
vineyards of Nimes and La Garrigue de Milhau, took the road to the bridge
of Lunel. There he was informed that those he was in search of had been
seen at the chateau of Caudiac the day before; he therefore at once set
out for the forest which lies around it, not doubting to find the
fa