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Monthly Chronicle.
tsot dissemble its design of employing them to suppress by force the claims of the inhabitants of the Pays de Vaud , and to direct them against the Republic . ' These hostile dispositions were a sufficient warning to the Directory to take proper precautions . Orders were given for a division of the Army of Italy , which had acquired so many laurels under General Massena , to march on its way to France through Carouge , in order that it might proceed thence to the departments of l'Ain , Jura , and Doubs , for the purpose of watching the motions of the troops of Berne and Fribourg , and to be always prepared to repel every
aggression . The event justified this precaution : on the zSth Nivose last , the General commanding at Carouge was informed by an official dispatch from the Committee of Nyon , invested with full powers by the Council of . that town , that fourteen battalions , with the necessary artillery , were about to set out from Berne ,, against the country of the Pays de Vaud ; and that over and above levies of troops were privately ordered in all the villages on the frontiers of that country , contrary to the positive promise which had been made to that Committee . Immediately after this notice the . division under General Massena arrived . Menard , General of Jirigade , who commanded in the absence of the General of Division , informed
the i' -xecuttve Directory , by a dispatch of the . 8 th Pluvoise ( Feb . i . ) that there could be no doubt respecting the movements made by the Cantons of Berne and Fribourg to silence the claims of the Paysde Vaud ; and that General de . Weiss , invested with full powers from these Cantons , under the title of . Commander iu Chief of the Troops of Berne and Fribourg in the Pays de Vaud ,. had established his head-quarters at Yyerdun , and was on the point of committing hostilities .- — The same day General Menard , agreeably to the instructions which he had received from the Executive Directory , sent a summons to General "Weiss to draw off his
troops , and to leave to the inhabitants of the Pays de Vaud the . free exercise of their rights , claims , and applications ; declaring , at the same time , that , in ease of a refusal , he should be obliged to repel force by force , to put an end to resistance , and to pursue the authors of it . General Menard charged his Aid-ducamp , Citizen Autier , to carry this summons to General Weiss , at Yverdun , and the Aid-du-camp was accompanied by two hussars , whom the patriots of Mondon thought proper , when they passed through that town , to reinforce with an escpit of two Vaudois dragoons . At the distance of two leagues from Yverdunthis
, officer being in a carriage , and consequently not in atstate of aggression or even of defence , was suddenly attacked by a post of troops belonging to Berne . The two hussars who attended him immediately fell , bored through with balls ; one of the Vaudois was wounded , his horse was killed under him , and Citizen Autier himself was saved merely by a kind of prodigy . On his return to Mondon , Aid-ducamp Autier found all the militia called out , and under arms : being informed ' of the attempt made against him , they flew to his assistance , and , with flambeaus in their hands , swore that they would set fire to the village which had been the ineatre ot
this horrid attack . Citizen Autier used his utmost endeavours to check their vengeance , which might have involved the innocent with the guilty ; and fortunately the conflagration , at first announced as already effected , was not carried into execution . The Militia of Modon and Lausanne united themselves to drive from the village of Thieran the troops wnich had been guilty of the assassination . General Menard , when informed of these horrid crimes which had been committed , could not be ignorant of the real cause . The troops of Berne did not challenge the escort of his Aid-du-camp ; they had not come out for the purpose of
recoiuioitering ; . they knew , besides , that he was to pass , because the horses had been . ordered eight hours before . The open intention of assassinating an Env ' oy of the French Republic could not then be doubted . General Menard thought himself therefore obliged to cause hisdivision to march , and next morning it entered the Pays de Vaud , preceded by a Proclamation to the inhabitants , a copy of Which is here annexed . The troops of Berne and Fribourg have on their part entirely evacuated the Paysde Vaud . The Vaudois Militia , already very numerous , well organized , and commanded by able officers , are preparing to pursue themand it
, appears that at this moment they threaten even Berne itself . The French troops have remained in the Pays de Vaud . Such , Citizens Representatives , was the state of thingswhen the last dispatches were sent off ' for the Executive Directory ; but weare assuied that events have-since taken place which way
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Monthly Chronicle.
tsot dissemble its design of employing them to suppress by force the claims of the inhabitants of the Pays de Vaud , and to direct them against the Republic . ' These hostile dispositions were a sufficient warning to the Directory to take proper precautions . Orders were given for a division of the Army of Italy , which had acquired so many laurels under General Massena , to march on its way to France through Carouge , in order that it might proceed thence to the departments of l'Ain , Jura , and Doubs , for the purpose of watching the motions of the troops of Berne and Fribourg , and to be always prepared to repel every
aggression . The event justified this precaution : on the zSth Nivose last , the General commanding at Carouge was informed by an official dispatch from the Committee of Nyon , invested with full powers by the Council of . that town , that fourteen battalions , with the necessary artillery , were about to set out from Berne ,, against the country of the Pays de Vaud ; and that over and above levies of troops were privately ordered in all the villages on the frontiers of that country , contrary to the positive promise which had been made to that Committee . Immediately after this notice the . division under General Massena arrived . Menard , General of Jirigade , who commanded in the absence of the General of Division , informed
the i' -xecuttve Directory , by a dispatch of the . 8 th Pluvoise ( Feb . i . ) that there could be no doubt respecting the movements made by the Cantons of Berne and Fribourg to silence the claims of the Paysde Vaud ; and that General de . Weiss , invested with full powers from these Cantons , under the title of . Commander iu Chief of the Troops of Berne and Fribourg in the Pays de Vaud ,. had established his head-quarters at Yyerdun , and was on the point of committing hostilities .- — The same day General Menard , agreeably to the instructions which he had received from the Executive Directory , sent a summons to General "Weiss to draw off his
troops , and to leave to the inhabitants of the Pays de Vaud the . free exercise of their rights , claims , and applications ; declaring , at the same time , that , in ease of a refusal , he should be obliged to repel force by force , to put an end to resistance , and to pursue the authors of it . General Menard charged his Aid-ducamp , Citizen Autier , to carry this summons to General Weiss , at Yverdun , and the Aid-du-camp was accompanied by two hussars , whom the patriots of Mondon thought proper , when they passed through that town , to reinforce with an escpit of two Vaudois dragoons . At the distance of two leagues from Yverdunthis
, officer being in a carriage , and consequently not in atstate of aggression or even of defence , was suddenly attacked by a post of troops belonging to Berne . The two hussars who attended him immediately fell , bored through with balls ; one of the Vaudois was wounded , his horse was killed under him , and Citizen Autier himself was saved merely by a kind of prodigy . On his return to Mondon , Aid-ducamp Autier found all the militia called out , and under arms : being informed ' of the attempt made against him , they flew to his assistance , and , with flambeaus in their hands , swore that they would set fire to the village which had been the ineatre ot
this horrid attack . Citizen Autier used his utmost endeavours to check their vengeance , which might have involved the innocent with the guilty ; and fortunately the conflagration , at first announced as already effected , was not carried into execution . The Militia of Modon and Lausanne united themselves to drive from the village of Thieran the troops wnich had been guilty of the assassination . General Menard , when informed of these horrid crimes which had been committed , could not be ignorant of the real cause . The troops of Berne did not challenge the escort of his Aid-du-camp ; they had not come out for the purpose of
recoiuioitering ; . they knew , besides , that he was to pass , because the horses had been . ordered eight hours before . The open intention of assassinating an Env ' oy of the French Republic could not then be doubted . General Menard thought himself therefore obliged to cause hisdivision to march , and next morning it entered the Pays de Vaud , preceded by a Proclamation to the inhabitants , a copy of Which is here annexed . The troops of Berne and Fribourg have on their part entirely evacuated the Paysde Vaud . The Vaudois Militia , already very numerous , well organized , and commanded by able officers , are preparing to pursue themand it
, appears that at this moment they threaten even Berne itself . The French troops have remained in the Pays de Vaud . Such , Citizens Representatives , was the state of thingswhen the last dispatches were sent off ' for the Executive Directory ; but weare assuied that events have-since taken place which way