Jean Chouan. See note 65, ch. vl p

24. Bonohamps. ... In the Bocage, says Thiers, the peasanta applied toMM. Bonchamps, deLarocliejacqnelein, etc., andmade them leave thetr castlcs t» place themselves at tlieir head. De Bonci.amps commanded ail tbe rebels of Anjou and the banks of the Lo.re. Ue had tormerly served under de Suffren, had ht coine an able officer, and oombined with fearless intrepidity great nobleness of charaottr. Ueuri de Larochejaquelein whs a yonng nobleman, formerly enrolled in the King's Unard, and at the time of the insurrection, living retired in le B<>cage. It was he who in conjunctton with the other ohlefs forced général Quétemau tn evacuate Bressuire. He liberated by this manœuvre de Ltscurc, shut np with bis family in the town, The latter placed himself at the head of his tenantry, whn Houked to Bressuire to joiu him, and marvhed with bim against Thouars.

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Notes to Chapter VI.