Policy. Dumouriez at Cherbourg. His Tact; Appearance. Dumouriez and
Madame Roland. Roland's Vanity. His Opinion of the King. His Wife's
Sagacity. Dumouriez in favour with the King. His Interview with the
Queen. His Advice. Bonnet Rouge. Dumouriez and Robespierre. Pétion
and the Bonnet Rouge. The King's Letter. Treachery of the
Girondists. Roland's Letter to the King. Letter of the Girondist
Chiefs. Dumouriez's Policy. Danton. Hatred of Robespierre and
Brissot. Camille Desmoulins. Brissot's Attack on Robespierre.
Guadet. Robespierre's Defence 396


BOOK XIV.

Quarrel between Girondists and Jacobins. Violence of the Journals.
Marat's atrocious Writings. Duke of Brunswick. Mirabeau's Opinion
of him. Dumouriez's Plan. The King himself proposes War. Slight
Opposition. Condorcet's Manifesto. War declared. State of Belgium.
Revolt. German Confederation. French Nobility and Emigrés. Comte de
Provence. Comte d'Artois. Mallet-Dupan, the King's Confidant 436


BOOK XV.

Dumouriez's Tactics. Servan's Proposition. Change of Ministry.
Dumouriez's Infidelity. Another Change of Ministers. Dumouriez
quits Paris. Barbaroux. Madame Roland's Plans for a Republic.
Increase of the Girondists. Buzot. Danton: his Origin and Life.
Progress. Hostilities in Belgium. Duc de Lauzun. Luckner. State of
France 459