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About four o'clock the army was on the move from Montreuil, and by eight
they were again in front of the camp at Varin; the portion of the road
which they had passed in such confusion the night but one before, and
where they had left their cannon and their waggons, was now stripped of
all signs of the encampment, which had been made there, nothing but the
deep ruts, made by the cannon wheels, were to be seen; everything which
they had brought with them, the trophies of all their victories, the
white flags which the ladies of La Vende had worked for them; the
provisions, the wine and meat, which the kindness of their landlords had
sent with them, were all gone--were in the hands of the republicans;
these reflections served to rouse the anger of the peasants, and made
them determined to get back what they had lost, though they pulled down
the walls of Saumur with their nails.
At a few moments after eight, the attack commenced; the first assault
was headed by Cathelineau, who rushed into the trenches, accompanied by
the Cure of St.


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