Intelligence on events in the French camp was good, though not as precise, it was suspected, as the amount of knowledge the Jacobins had about matters inside the perimeter. Toulon had its spies: dissatisfied indigenes and those pretending to be refugees, while it was suspected that the Dons were not all as committed to the overthrow of the Revolution as they should be – Britain had been an enemy of Spain for so long it was hard to see the armies of Albion as allies – this while every fishing smack and small boat that continued to sail in and out of the port, supposedly carrying on their lawful trade, provided a constant source of information to the enemy.It was known, over the past weeks, that the French had changed commanders twice, first moving General Carteaux to Italy and replacing him with an elderly ex-doctor, of impeccable Jacobin credentials, who had something to do with the subjugation of Lyon. When his first assault failed, they sent the old dodderer packing and put in his place a proper career soldier, which boded ill.
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