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Rh a French viscount. The abbey was in ruins, and Marsh went back to England heart-broken. He became president-general of his order, and died in 1842 at the age of 80. In 1882 two monks from Ampleforth, where Marsh had established a priory, went over to Dieulouard to see whether the community could return to their old site, but the visit does not seem to have led to any result, beyond the publication of a French translation of Marsh's manuscript.

Of the sufferings of the Benedictine nuns of Cambray I give their own interesting account in the Appendix. Other provincial convents underwent equal hardships. The twenty-six Poor Clares of Rouen were arrested in October 1793. All religious monuments and symbols were removed or destroyed, and the house was converted into a prison for 320 inmates, while the poor nuns were cooped up in granaries and other outbuildings. In the spring they were sent to another prison, suffering much from crowding and scanty food. In January 1795 they were liberated, and eventually went to England. The twelve Poor Clares of Aire were also declared prisoners in their own house, and one night in June 1794 were turned out without money or passports. Kind townspeople sheltered them, and in September they left for England. The Benedictine nuns of Dunkirk had their chapel appropriated by a Jacobin Club, and