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Updated: May 11, 2025
Louis Philippe is in London, Pius IX. is at Gaete, M. Barrot is in power; the bourgeoisie has lost Paris, Catholicism has lost Rome. The sky is rainy and gloomy, with a ray of sunshine now and then. Mlle. Ozy shows herself quite naked in the role of Eve at the Porte Saint Martin; Frederick Lemaitre is playing "L'Auberge des Adrets" there.
In a few hours our provisions and water were complete; but we were not in so much haste to arrive at Malta as we were to quit Gibraltar hugging the Spanish coast, in hopes of picking up something to insure us as hearty a welcome at Valette as we found on our last return to Portsmouth. Early on the second morning of our departure we made Cape de Gaete.
Within a month the French occupied the whole of the country except the fortified town of Gaete, which Masséna took after a siege. But while he was directing the attack against this town, he suffered a loss which rendered him inconsolable. An enormous sum, which Masséna claimed belonged to him, was confiscated by the Emperor!
In a few hours our provisions and water were complete; but we were not in so much haste to arrive at Malta as we were to quit Gibraltar hugging the Spanish coast, in hopes of picking up something to insure us as hearty a welcome at Valetta as we found on our last return to Portsmouth. Early on the second morning of our departure we made Cape de Gaete.
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