The standard of Royalty waves before your eyes; it defies your courage, and excludes the Mediterranean from your sight. Has then the tri-coloured banner lost its hues? Does it no longer rally the defenders of the nation?

A vile horde of slaves, surrounded by hateful walls, insults the Republic; and its numerous battalions in vain surround the brigands of London and Madrid!

The North has triumphed; on the Sarthe the rebels have been vanquished. Is the South alone to be disinherited of its portion in the national glory?

Inhabitants of the Southern countries, you in whose souls an ardent climate has kindled generous passions, and the fiery enthusiasm whence great achievements spring, you have not yet felt sufficient indignation at the treachery of the people of Toulon, the corruption of England, the baseness of Spain. The operations of the siege proceed with languor. Must the North then be called upon to defend you? Must other arms than yours be invited to throw the earth to form the intrenchments destined to protect the soldier's life, and secure victory? Will you be able to call the conquest of Toulon your glory, if the North is called in to accelerate its fall? Will you suffer other hands to reap the laurels which liberty has caused to spring up by your side?

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Dare you return to your homes unless victory speedily clears you a glorious path thither? Will you suffer it to be hereafter said in France, in Europe-" The Republic bade them conquer-but they feared death?"

Hapless and venerated shades of Representatives of the people, immolated by English barbarity! appear to our troops, and shew them the path of honour. Let the clanking chains of the French patriots transported to Gibraltar resound in your ears: they call for vengeance; they ought to obtain it.

Yes, brave Republicans, the National Convention intrusts that vengeance to your courage you will regain the dominion of the Mediterranean for France; you will reestablish abundance; you will reinstate commerce in her ports; restore our navy, and open to our political councils, the way to Italy and to the Dardanelles.

March, soldiers of the nation; no longer let the crimes of Toulon remain unpunished. The Republic commands you to conquer.

Soldiers! you are Frenchmen, you are free: before you are Spaniards - Englishmen-slaves; the eye of

Liberty is upon you.

SITTING OF THE 4TH OF NIVOSE, YEAR II.

The Representatives of the people attending the Army directed against Toulon,

To the Committee of Public Safety.

Head-quarters, Ollioule, 28th of Frimaire, year II.

of the Republic, one and indivisible.

WE announced to you, on a former occasion, Citizen Colleagues, that the result of the affair of the 10th was only the precursor of more important successes. event has just fulfilled our prediction.

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Conformably to your decree, all measures had been taken for forcing the brigands, who had basely obtained possession of Toulon, to an ignominious flight from that infamous place.

We lost not a single moment, and even before all the forces expected were assembled, we commenced our attack, which was principally directed against the English redoubt commanding the forts of l'Eguillette and Balagnier, defended by above 3000 men, twenty pieces of cannon, and several mortars.

The enemy had availed themselves of all the resources of art to render this place impregnable; and we assure you that few forts are so completely fortified against every species of attack as this redoubt; yet it was not Memoirs.-VOL. I.

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strong enough to. withstand the ardour and courage of the brave defenders of our country. The forces of this division, under the command of General Laborde, and in which General Dugommier has honourably distinguished himself, attacked the redoubt at five in the morning; and at six the flag of the Republic waved on its battlements. This first success cost the nation 200 men killed, and above 500 wounded; but the enemy lost their whole garrison, 500 of whom are prisoners, including eight officers, and a Neapolitan commander of high rank.

Malevolence had neglected nothing that was calculated to prevent the success of this important enterprise; but we were distributed in the different columns, and rallied those who had for an instant been discouraged. At our call, at the names of Liberty and the Republic, all rushed on to victory, and the English redoubt, as well as the forts of l'Eguillette and Balagnier, were carried by assault.

The taking of this redoubt, on which all the hopes of the enemy relied, and which might be called the bulwark of the Allied Powers, totally disconcerted them. Terrified by our success, they abandoned the forts of Malbosquet and Tomet during the night; they blew up the latter in despair: they also evacuated Fort Rouge and Fort Blanc, and the redoubt and fort of

Pharon. They took measures for securing their fleet from the fire of our cannon and bombs, which incessantly played upon them.

The fleet is at this moment out of the roads; many of the people of Toulon, and most of the enemy's forces are on board; they have, however, left troops at Fort La Malgue and in the city, to cover their retreat. We possess the Signal-station, Fort Artigue, and Cape Brun. We hope to take Fort La Malgue in the course of the night, and to be in Toulon to-morrow, occupied in avenging the Republic.

Above four hundred oxen, with many sheep and pigs, (the only troops furnished by the Pope, except a few monks,) much forage, provisions of every kind, tents, all the carriages which the enemy had in their forts and redoubts, and more than a hundred pieces of cannon of heavy calibre, have fallen into our hands. We shall be able to give you, in a few days, a list of those who have most distinguished themselves, and whom we shall have rewarded. You will see by this return that we drew from the army of Nice all the force that was disposable, and that we have neglected no means of ensuring the fall of this ever-to-bedetested city. Our next letter will be dated from the ruins of Toulon. We could not write to you earlier,

because we have been on horseback for several days