Tourcoing
The only excuse that can be pleaded for Pichegru`s folly in this matter, was the temptation presented by the weak garrison of Courtrai, and the bait which a fac
The only excuse that can be pleaded for Pichegru`s folly in this matter, was the temptation presented by the weak garrison of Courtrai, and the bait which a facile temporary success always holds out for a man who has formed no consistent general plan. But that very excuse is the strongest condemnation of the inexcusable error, and this strategical fault of Pichegru`s was soon paid for by the imperilling of all the great body of French troops within that rashly projected triangle.
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