Montreux . BONIVARD 27 Bernese agi-eed that their sympathy should takethat form, and on February 1, 1536, an army of6,000 men set out, and marched to Geneva withoutencountering any resistance. After receiving mes-sages of submission from Morges. Rolles, Villeneu\e,Thonon, and Ahnges, they captured and garrisonedthe important stronghold of Fort de IEcluse. Thenthey started on a second military promenade throughthe Pays de Vaud. The Duke, being at war withthe King of France, had his hands too full tointerfere with them. Y\ erdon, under tlie commandof the Seigneur de Saint Saphorin, made a faints
Montreux . BONIVARD 27 Bernese agi-eed that their sympathy should takethat form, and on February 1, 1536, an army of6,000 men set out, and marched to Geneva withoutencountering any resistance. After receiving mes-sages of submission from Morges. Rolles, Villeneu\e,Thonon, and Ahnges, they captured and garrisonedthe important stronghold of Fort de IEcluse. Thenthey started on a second military promenade throughthe Pays de Vaud. The Duke, being at war withthe King of France, had his hands too full tointerfere with them. Y\ erdon, under tlie commandof the Seigneur de Saint Saphorin, made a faintshow of resistance, but capitulated as soon as theBernese cannon were brought into action. Onlythe Castle of Chillon remained to be taken. In this siege the Genevans co-operated, sendingfour boats, with a collective equipment of 100 men.• Two of the boats, the chronicler tells us, wereequipped as vessels of war, and the two otherscarried sacks of wool to serve as bulwarks againstthe artillery of the castle
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