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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 DeathGoudemetz, Henry

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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

Name: 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
Author: Goudemetz, Henry

Goudemetz, Henry

France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799; Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793

Decree to abolish the jacobin club.
_Nov_.        4.  Rhinfeld surrenders at discretion; Maestricht by
                  capitulation.
                  Nimeguen surrenders.
                  French commissaries proclaim liberty at Martinico.
                  Billaud Varennes endeavours in vain to revive the
                  jacobins.
                  The convention offers full pardon to the rebels of
                  La Vendee who will lay down their arms and serve
                  the republic.
                  Guadaloupe is retaken by the French.
                  Cambon reports that assignats in circulation amount
                  to 6,400,000,000 of livres, and the expence of the
                  present year to 2,200,000,000 livres.
                  Addresses of congratulation from all parts on the
                  overthrow of the jacobins.
             17.  The Spaniards defeated by the French.
                  Republican General Dugommier killed.
             20.  The Spaniards again defeated--three generals taken.
                  St. Fernard, Figueras, and Aspaetta, surrender.
             30.  Grave surrenders to the French.
                  Carrier and his bloody accomplices decreed to be in
                  a state of accusation.
                  Decreed, that all emigrants be for ever banished
                  from the republic, their property confiscated, and
                  their return punished with death.
_Dec_.        1.  The French make several unsuccessful attempts on
                  the side of Mayence, but are repulsed with loss.
              7.  Ten members of the revolutionary committee of
                  Paris, convicted of peculation (sic) and abuse of
                  power, are condemned to twenty years imprisonment,
                  and to stand six hours in the pillory at the Place
                  de Greve, the place of common executions.
                  The municipality of Nantes forbid all persons to
                  drink the water of the river Loire, on account of
                  the infection from the dead bodies which were
                  victims of Carrier's cruelty.
              8.  The seventy-one members who had been proscribed by
                  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. Andre.  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.

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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

Goudemetz, Henry

France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799; Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793

Decree to abolish the jacobin club.
_Nov_.        4.  Rhinfeld surrenders at discretion; Maestricht by
                  capitulation.
                  Nimeguen surrenders.
                  French commissaries proclaim liberty at Martinico.
                  Billaud Varennes endeavours in vain to revive the
                  jacobins.
                  The convention offers full pardon to the rebels of
                  La Vendee who will lay down their arms and serve
                  the republic.
                  Guadaloupe is retaken by the French.
                  Cambon reports that assignats in circulation amount
                  to 6,400,000,000 of livres, and the expence of the
                  present year to 2,200,000,000 livres.
                  Addresses of congratulation from all parts on the
                  overthrow of the jacobins.
             17.  The Spaniards defeated by the French.
                  Republican General Dugommier killed.
             20.  The Spaniards again defeated--three generals taken.
                  St. Fernard, Figueras, and Aspaetta, surrender.
             30.  Grave surrenders to the French.
                  Carrier and his bloody accomplices decreed to be in
                  a state of accusation.
                  Decreed, that all emigrants be for ever banished
                  from the republic, their property confiscated, and
                  their return punished with death.
_Dec_.        1.  The French make several unsuccessful attempts on
                  the side of Mayence, but are repulsed with loss.
              7.  Ten members of the revolutionary committee of
                  Paris, convicted of peculation (sic) and abuse of
                  power, are condemned to twenty years imprisonment,
                  and to stand six hours in the pillory at the Place
                  de Greve, the place of common executions.
                  The municipality of Nantes forbid all persons to
                  drink the water of the river Loire, on account of
                  the infection from the dead bodies which were
                  victims of Carrier's cruelty.
              8.  The seventy-one members who had been proscribed by
                  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. Andre.  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.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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

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

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