however, the co-operation fell apart later in 1745. andré le breton, the publisher commissioned to manage the undertaking, cheated mills out of the subscription money, claiming, for example, that mills' knowledge of french was inadequate. in a confrontation le breton physically assaulted mills. mills took le breton to court, but the court decided in le breton's favour. le breton replaced mills with jean paul de gua de malves, who in turn was later replaced by denis diderot. soon after the court ruling, mills left for england.