Sa première action marquant de la connaissance fut de charger d’injures le colonel commandant en second la citadelle, et qui s’était avisé de donner quelques ordres les plus simples du monde pendant que le général n’avait pas sa connaissance.
His first action that shewed any sign of consciousness was to hurl insults at the Colonel who was second in command of the citadel, and had taken upon himself to give certain orders, the simplest in the world, while the General was unconscious.