moissonne

Updated: August 19, 2026

In describing the effects of the conscription, one of the members of the Senate made use of the following expression: "On moissonne les homines trois fois l'anneé." With such supplies, what single power could resist him? War with him became a mere mechanical calculation.

Sir Archibald Alison - Travels in France during the years 1814-15 : Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes.