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While this blow was being mounted, Generals Rapp, Lamarque, Lecourbe, Suchet, Brune, Clausel and Decaen would be entrusted with holding the frontiers and suppressing any pro-Bourbonist internal revolts one was already taking place in La Vendée.
THE CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON DAVID G. CHANDLER 1966
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While this blow was being mounted, Generals Rapp, Lamarque, Lecourbe, Suchet, Brune, Clausel and Decaen would be entrusted with holding the frontiers and suppressing any pro-Bourbonist internal revolts one was already taking place in La Vendée.
THE CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON DAVID G. CHANDLER 1966
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(Paris, 1812); Adrien d'Epinay, _Renseignements pour servir à l'histoire de l'île de France jusqu'à l'année 1810, inclusivement, précédés de notes sur le découverte de l'île sur l'occupation hollandaise_; Henri Prentout, _L'île de France sous Decaen_, 1803-1810
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Governor, General Decaen, prevented the completion of this project.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1 Phillip Parker King
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After the capitulation of Mayence in July, 1793, Decaen fought with distinction in the war in La Vendee.
The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders Scott, Ernest, 1868-1939 1914
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The result of King's intervention was that Decaen ordered him to return to Wilhelm's Plains, and refused the application he had made to be allowed to visit two friends who were living on the north-east side of the island.
The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders Scott, Ernest, 1868-1939 1914
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It is therein stated that Decaen received Flinders “in uniform, the head uncovered,” but that “Captain Flinders presented himself with arrogance, his hat upon his head; they had to ask him to remove it.”
The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders Scott, Ernest, 1868-1939 1914
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Decaen came to be appointed Governor of Ile-de-France in this way.
The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders Scott, Ernest, 1868-1939 1914
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We have seen that in August, 1805, Flinders, well informed by persons who had conversed with Decaen, believed that the General “would be very glad to get handsomely clear of me,” and that in November of the same year he made the assertion that Decaen “would have gladly suffered me to depart long since” but for the reference of the case to Paris.
The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders Scott, Ernest, 1868-1939 1914
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A second report upon Port Jackson was furnished to General Decaen, giving precise information as to where troops could be landed if an invasion were undertaken.
The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders Scott, Ernest, 1868-1939 1914
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