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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the number to four milliards (each one thousand
million). Mercier makes a bold speech in the convention against the abolition of religious worship. 14. The French attack the British along their whole line from Arnheim to Amerongen. The Prince of Orange and his son resolve to quit the Hague. The states of Holland agree with the French to deliver up their country to them. The Fleet of Holland is locked up by the ice, and shares the fate of the country. An imposition of one million of livres in specie is laid upon Liege, and a thousand livres a day for every day's delay. Hostages are sent from Liege to Paris. Utrecht summoned and taken without opposition. Wurcum, Dorcum, and Dort, taken. 18. Pichegru sends detachments to take possession of Leyden, Amsterdam, and the Hague. The Princess of Orange and her daughter-in-law depart for England. Tallien moves in the convention to put to death all the partizans of the system of terror which covered France with bastilles and scaffolds. Breda, Bergen-op-Zoom, Gertruydenberg, and Williamstadt, open their gates to the French, upon hearing that Holland was given up. The French generals require that within the space of one month Holland shall supply them with 200,000 |
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