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Changarnier and Lamoricière and to M. Baze.
The police agents did not leave General Changarnier until they had
reached Mons. There they made him get down from the train, and said to
him, "General, this is your place of residence. We leave you free."
"Ah!" said he, "this is my place of residence, and I am free? Well,
then, good-night."
And he sprang lightly back into the carriage just as the train was
starting, leaving behind him two galley sergeants dumfounded.
The police released Charras at Brussels, but did not release General
Lamoricière. The two police agents wished to compel him to leave
immediately for Cologne. The General, who was suffering from rheumatism
which he had caught at Ham, declared that he would sleep at Brussels.
"Be it so," said the police agents.
They followed him to the Hôtel de Bellevue. They spent the night there
with him. He had considerable difficulty to prevent them from sleeping
in his room. Next day they carried him off, and took him to
Cologne-violating Prussian territory after having violated Belgian
territory.
The coup d'état was still more impudent with M. Baze.
They made M. Baze journey with his wife and his children under the name
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