general Noailles evacuated the Môle-Saint-Nicolas, and the blue and red flag was raised on its ramparts.

At last the Môle-Saint-Nicolas, the final point that remained in the power of the French, was evacuated on 12 frimaire (4 December) by general Noailles (1). That same evening the indigenous flag, that blue and red flag (1), symbol of the perseverance that victory crowns, was raised by brigade chief Pourcely, at the head of a battalion of the 9th, on the ramparts of the town of count d’Estaing (2).