Excerpt from Soldiers and Sailors of France in the American War for Independence: 1776 1783
From January 6th to May 13th, 1916, in about fifty American cities where I was welcomed by the Alliance Francaise aux Etats-Unis et au Canada, from New York to San Francisco, from Chicago to New Orleans, I felt the hcart-bcat of a great nation. At that time the republic of Washington had already begun to recognize the fact that our cause was the same as its cause; its work peaceful, ours hard and bloody: namely, to fill the world with more compassion, justice, and dignity. I have seen this country restless, tormented with the thought of its present happy condition, while France and her allies were suffering heroically. From sympathetic admiration among the most generous, who are usually the most far-seeing, there were growing signs of impatience, and a strong desire to come over and suffer with us.
This is a book of truth and friendship; needless to say, it lays no claim to erudition. I have simply had recourse to memoirs, campaign journals, and correspondence; and as often as possible to original documents. For the diplomatic part I owe much to the voluminous work of Henri Doniol: Histoire de la Participation de la France a l' Etablissement de l' Independance des Etats-Unis. In a book of noble inspiration, With Americans of Past and Present Days, by M. Jusserand, I have found some hitherto unedited data; I have found some also in the vivid descriptions of the Viscount de Noailles: Marins et Soldats Francais en Amerique.
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