. Bernadotte, the first phase, 1763-1799. july 1797] LE GRONDEUR 241 O conspirators/ it ran, tremble. There isonly one step from the Adige and the Rhine to theSeine. Your iniquities are numbered, and theirrecompense is to be found at the points of ourbayonets. a Not only did Bernadotte frame an address onhis own lines, but he forwarded it direct from himselfto the Government in Paris, sending a copy toBonaparte, who had been the medium of forward-ing all the other addresses, thus doubly dissociatinghimself from the action of his colleagues/ This incident did not cause any immediate breachbetwe
. Bernadotte, the first phase, 1763-1799. july 1797] LE GRONDEUR 241 O conspirators/ it ran, tremble. There isonly one step from the Adige and the Rhine to theSeine. Your iniquities are numbered, and theirrecompense is to be found at the points of ourbayonets. a Not only did Bernadotte frame an address onhis own lines, but he forwarded it direct from himselfto the Government in Paris, sending a copy toBonaparte, who had been the medium of forward-ing all the other addresses, thus doubly dissociatinghimself from the action of his colleagues/ This incident did not cause any immediate breachbetween Bonaparte and Bernadotte; but it marks astage in the history of their relations with each their first meeting in March there had beensigns of divergence of temperament and of there had not been any open appears to have been the first occasion uponwhich Bonaparte was afforded grounds for appre-hending any danger to his own policy and plans fromthe personality of Bernadotte. It was made clear to
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