Hans Karl,

No one as said anything against Dupont my obsevation was he signed the convention that caused the suffering of the French troops, I know he had a good military career prior to Baylen no one questioning that wether he would have been awarded a baton no one knows that . There is a saying in the North of England that states your only has good as your last job which means basically it doesn't matter what you did previously what matters is what you do now and in Duponts case it would be the signing of the convention . I am intersted in the Confederation of the Rhine memoirs that you mention which ones were you refering to ?any info on them would be gratefully accepted if possible not from Google as I can't download any of their material.
I know your feelings regfarding Moreau and Bernadotte so no point in going into their careers.

Tony