So having seen MacDonogh say that Broglie had been keen to avoid a diplomatic incident by arresting the king, and having seen Mitford say that Fritz was nearly arrested, I wondered where that was coming from.
Well, searching for something Peter Keith-related, I found this gem in Fritz's description to Voltaire of the Strasbourg episode:
This general [Broglie] wanted to know who this Count Dufour was, a foreigner who, having barely arrived, was getting involved in assembling a company of people he did not know. He took the poor count for a purse-snatcher, and prudently advised M. de la Crochardière not to be taken in by him. Unfortunately, it was the good marshal who was.
Saxons: Purse-snatcher, eh? Well, he's not wrong...
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Re: Random stuff
Date: 2024-09-03 04:16 am (UTC)Well, searching for something Peter Keith-related, I found this gem in Fritz's description to Voltaire of the Strasbourg episode:
This general [Broglie] wanted to know who this Count Dufour was, a foreigner who, having barely arrived, was getting involved in assembling a company of people he did not know. He took the poor count for a purse-snatcher, and prudently advised M. de la Crochardière not to be taken in by him. Unfortunately, it was the good marshal who was.
Saxons: Purse-snatcher, eh? Well, he's not wrong...