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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A party of male and female negroes are presented to the convention. The generals of the French armies are as follows: Custine commands the army of the North at Bouchain; Houchard that of the Moselle, at Sar Louis; Beauharnols, the army of the Rhine, at Wissenbourg; Kellerman, that of the Alps, at Chamberry; Brunet, that of Italy, at Nice; De Flers, that of the Eastern Pyrenees, at Bayonne; Biron, the army of the coasts of Nantes, at Nantes; and Wimpfer, that of the coasts of Cantal, at Bayeux. 7. The royalists in La Vendée obtain considerable advantages. Baron Trenck becomes a jacobin. 9. A bloody battle near Arlon. The French very numerous. General Schroeder forced to retreat. Arlon pillaged by the French. Discussion in the convention about a forced loan of a milliard of livres. The Prince of Waldec killed in an attack near Lisle at the head of the Dutch. Severe complaints from most of the departments about the sitting of the 31st of May. Saumur and Angers taken by the royalists. 13. Manifesto from the Marseilleois to the French republicans against the convention. 14. The departments of Eure and Calvados declare that the convention is not free. The club of jacobins is shut up at Aix. |
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