Intéressante et dense correspondance sous la Révolution du cardinal de La Rochefoucauld.
Dans ces lettres, il décrit la guerre contre les armées de la République vue du côté de l'émigration, le projet de liaison avec l'armée de Charette, la tentative d'un débarquement, etc. Gand, 17 juin 1794 : «The duke of York has accorded to me the place which I wanted an I believe it is so much over to your recomandation. [...] I am in a régiment with great many friends of mine and this is a great consolation to me. [...] The french army very numerous is now before Ypres an menaces Ostend and Bruges and Gant [...] The french are before Charleroi not far from Bruxelles, [...] The frenchloss great many men officiers canon and are repulsed almost every day of battle. [...] The french desert very much our armées do not, and hat only the soldiers deserte, but the country people and citizens of the towns, our regiment is composed of 7 hundred men, the regiment of Rohan, which is raising in this town is of 15 hundred of infantry, we take for soldiers only french peoples and our regiments are very near complited in six weeks. »
Southampton, 31 août 1795 : Il évoque l'impossibilité d'avoir des troupes anglaises dans une expédition en Bretagne avec le comte d'Artois. Il évoque la possibilité de son décès et demande à son correspondant d'assister sa famille. - Southampton, 2 septembre 1795: Depuis qu'il est ici, il a eu le temps de rencontrer tous les anglais et français qui sont ici. « All our regiments come from Germany. The presence of this unfortunated Prince | Le Comte d'Artois], who don't knows hardly where to repose his head in Europe, and can't land in England, all this has been ordoned when a great plan of a déteent was agreed upon, but since that the plan of sending a great force to the watt judies has taken place; the english troups have been keep on this destination and our Prince and troops behind here, are send to take their best chance. Our believe that they may land upon one the small Islands near Noirmoutiers, perhaps et Noirmoutiers itself (but it-is rather difficult) on join Charette's army, if he has been able to keep himself strong enough upon the coast. [...] we are (as the national Convention says)such of vagabons, who who [...] may be dangerous, us, and and p politiques condamn us. [...] the comt d'Artois is gone sunday night with a very little wind. The other part of our troops coming from the continent are expected daily. » - Southampton, 4 septembre 1795 : Il attend l'arrivée prochaine du duc de Choiseul et des nouvelles du comte d'Artois. il est question aussi de ses difficultés financières.
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