coups de tef?ips, critical moments
1. 22. lui ont souvent fait commettre = ont souvent fait commettre ■tar lui.
1. 24. en transportant les Royalistes à Quiberon. Quiberon is a small town in the department of Morbihan, The landing hère alluded to took place on the 2 7th of June 1795. Most of the Royalists were taken and shot in cold blood at Auray.