Historical Epochs of the French Revolution eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 215 pages of information about Historical Epochs of the French Revolution.

Historical Epochs of the French Revolution eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 215 pages of information about Historical Epochs of the French Revolution.
of emigrants,
they are divided into lots of three hundred livres
each, and twenty years credit given.
28.  The French seize Courtray the day of the annual
fair, and get a great booty.
29.  General Clairfait gains a considerable advantage,
killing 3000 men, and taking several cannon.
30.  Landrecy surrenders to the Emperor with a garrison
of 6ooo men. 
In this month were executed, besides those
mentioned already, Monsieur d’Espremenil,
Chaumette, procureur of the commune of Paris, Gen.
Arthur Dillon, Hebert and Simon, deputies, Gen.
Roncin, Momoro, Anarcharsis Cloots, a deputy, Du
Buisson, Goutte, an intruding bishop, Gen. Beisser,
the Marquis of Chateau Briant, the Duchesses of
Chatelet and Grammont, the Viscountess de
Pont-Ville, Thouret and Chapellier, two very active
revolutionists. 
Kosciusko puts himself at the head of a revolution
in Poland.
May 1.  In the prisons of Paris 22,000 persons are
confined, and in all the departments of France
653,000. 
The Duke de Biron, upon sentence of death being
passed upon him by the revolutionary tribunal,
cried out, “I deserve it, for having betrayed my
“King and served his enemies.” 
The Count du l’Aigle, being also condemned, said to
the people, “It is not my head, it is bread and
“your King that you ought to demand.” 
Decreed, that all royal houses shall be kept for
the use and enjoyment of the people.
10.  Robespierre obtains decrees to admit the existence
of a Supreme Being, and of the immortality of the
soul; and for the establishment of decadary
festivals. 
In La Vendee, General Haxo, after the example of
General Moulin, blows his brains out, to avoid
being taken prisoner. 
All letters coming into France are opened. 
From the 29th of April to the 4th of May, 109
persons are guillotined in Paris, and many more in
the departments. 
In the valley of Aost, 6000 French were killed by
the peasants of Piedmont. 
Barrere announces the capture of a Spanish camp,
with two hundred cannon, and two thousand men. 
All the farmers-general are accused in a mass, and
sent to the revolutionary tribunals,
The town of Sargio and Piedmontese camp taken by
the French.
11.  Seventy-one persons, among whom are 27
farmers-general, are guillotined. 
Madame Elizabeth, sister of the late King, is
carried before the revolutionary tribunal and
interrogated, " What is your name?” “Elizabeth
“Philippine Marie Helene de France.” 
“Your quality?” “Aunt of the King.”  These last
words are scarcely pronounced, when the tribunal
condemns her to death.
12.  The next day she is conducted to the scaffold, with
25 persons who were guillotined in her presence; it
being directed that she should suffer the last. 
She died at the age of thirty years, and left a
character of unblemished purity. 
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