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Historical Epochs of the French Revolution - With The Judgment And Execution Of Louis XVI., King Of France - And A List Of The Members Of The National Convention, Who Voted For And Against His Death by Henry Goudemetz
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Robespierre resume their seats in the convention.
11. The French pass the Waal, attack the Hanoverians,
and retire.
12. Utrecht taken by the French.
19. The Dutch send commissaries to Paris to treat of
peace.
25. The Austrians retire across the Rhine. The French
pass the Meuse, having taken fort St. André. The
Dutch regiments of Hohenloe and Bentinck lay down
their arms.
26. The English quit Bommel abandoning their artillery.
The law which forbad quarters to the English and
Hanoverians is repealed.
Clundest surrenders to the French.
Loizeroles submits to be imprisoned and to be put
to death in the stead of his son.
30. The decree of Robespierre revoked, which condemned
those to death who had connection with nobles or
clergy. All his laws decreed to be reviewed, and a
plan proposed of forgiving all revolutionary
crimes.
The French take 120 pieces of cannon, and 1600
prisoners.
A great fire in the arsenal of Landau.
Pensions decreed to men of letters.
Upon a motion by Clauzel, a prosecution is decreed
against all the accomplices of Robespierre, who is
called "the butcher of the French people."
The British parliament votes almost unanimously for
the prosecution of the war.
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