Saint-Michel. Jean Claude Pierre writes from there to Acaau.

To General of Brigade Jacques Acaau, Chief of the Demands of his Fellow Citizens. General Jean Claude Pierre, commanding the suffering army, on the march, My General, “With all haste I send you by an express the account of our march. I do not know how to speak to you, I leave you to think and to judge from these few words I am going to tell you: general Augustin Cyprien, general Dugué Zamor and general Jeannot have compelled the first division to lay down its arms and have sent it home, without my having had knowledge of it. Knowing the principles of virtue that distinguish you, I like to think that you will judge on this point what we must hope for. I have given my orders accordingly, and I am preparing to defend myself to the last extremity. You will hasten your orders for the gathering of the soldiers in disorder. Answer me with the least possible delay.