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The plan, to which the former devoted great attention, was to land on the coast of Wales from 1000 to 1200 forçats, to be commanded by a certain Mascheret, of whom Hoche wrote that he was 'le plus mauvais sujet dont on puisse purger la France. In a plan accepted and forwarded by Hoche, it was laid down that the band, on reaching the enemy's country, was, if possible, not to fight, but to pillage; each man was to understand that he was sent to England to steal 100,000f., 'pour ensuite finir sa carrière tranquillement dans l'aisance, and was to be informed that he would receive a formal pardon from the French Government.
In writing he called Admiral Villaret-Joyeuse 'perfide, and spoke of his 'mauvaise foi. He had a low opinion of General Humbert, whom he bracketed with Mascheret. Grouchy, he said, was 'un inconséquent paperassier, and General Vaillant 'un misérable ivrogne. He was placed in supreme command of the naval as well as of the military forces, and was allowed to select the commander of the former.
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