The French Revolution 1789-1795Gardiner, Bertha Meriton
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The French Revolution 1789-1795
Gardiner, Bertha Meriton
France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799
Grégoire, Bishop, refuses to resign office, 180
Guadet, sits in the Legislative Assembly, 100
Hague, the, the treaty of, 210
Hébert, elected to the Commune of Paris, 120;
his position in the Commune, 169;
his character and aims, 170;
calls for a reign of terror, 175;
attacks Christianity, 179;
supports the system of terror, 183;
is opposed by Robespierre, 197;
execution of, 204
Hoche, commands the army on the Moselle, 192;
is sent to command in the west, 242;
defeats the Chouans at Quiberon, 244
Holland, proposed invasion of, 135;
failure of Dumouriez in an attack upon, 142;
is conquered by Pichegru, 232
Hondschoote, battle of, 191
Houchard, defeats the enemy and is guillotined, 191
Isnard, desires war with Austria, 103;
threatens that Paris shall be destroyed, 154
Jacobins, the club of, formation of, 64;
affiliation of provincial clubs to, 80;
asks for the King’s deposition after the flight to Varennes, 91;
opposition to the Girondists in, 106;
gives its confidence to Robespierre, 109;
proposes to dethrone the King, 115;
takes part against the Girondists, 129;
Robespierre’s influence at, 201;
closure of, 223
Jalès, camp of, 110
Jemmapes, battle of, 130
Joseph II., the Emperor, reforms attempted by, 23;
wishes to incorporate Bavaria, 97
Jourdan, gains the victory of Wattignies, 191
June, battle of the first of, 237
Kaunitz, is indifferent to the progress of the revolution, 98
Kellermann, commands at Metz, 121
Kléber, commands against the Vendeans, 182
Lafayette, proposes the adoption of the tricolour, 47;
is a leader of the Centre and Left, 53;
supports the system of two chambers, 54;
refuses to support Mirabeau, 57;
extent of the influence of, 60;
arrives at Versailles, 61;
guards the King, 63;
supports the King after the flight to Varennes, 91;
joins the Feuillants, 92;
commands on the Eastern frontier, and denounces the Jacobins, 112;
appears at the bar of the Assembly, 113;
support of, rejected by the Queen, 114;
is acquitted by the Assembly, 116;
flies from the country and is imprisoned by the Austrians, 119
Lally-Tollendal, 52, 63
Lameth, the brothers, are amongst the leaders of the Centre and Left,
53;
distrust Mirabeau, 57;
join the Feuillants, 92
La Vendée. _See_ Vendeans, the
Legislative Assembly, the, composition of, 99;
ecclesiastical policy of, 101;
growth of warlike tendencies in, 102;
declares war against the King of Hungary, 105;
decrees that Volunteers shall come to Paris, 112;
proclaims the country to be in danger, 114;
suspends the King, and summons a National Convention, 117;
last sitting of, 124
Le Mans, defeat of the Vendeans at, 183
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