Note 55 — PROLOGUE.
Eleanor Marx Aveling translation
On the 11th, the delegate telegraphed to D'Aurelles: "We fully approve of the dispositions you had taken for your troops round Orléans.... You will receive instructions. In the meantime redouble your vigilance in prevision of a return to the offensive on the part of the enemy."—D'Aurelles de Paladines, La Première Armée de la Loire, p. 120. Thus, far from speaking of attacking, the Delegation only thought of the defensive.