29
                                     22d, 46
                                     24th, 30
                        From 25th to 27th 135
                                     28th, 22
                                     29th, 70
                  Total guillotined in July 772

Aug. 1.  At this time the guillotine remains unemployed. 
                  The convention charges sixteen committees with the
                  management of public affairs.
              2.  The Spaniards are defeated—­The French take
                  Fontarabia and St. Sebastian. 
                  Pichegru, with 190,000 men, is commanded to conquer
                  Holland.
              3.  Prince Cobourg calls upon the States of Germany to
                  assemble and oppose with unanimity the alarming
                  mass of French troops which is on the point of
                  breaking in upon them.
              5.  The convention abolishes Robespierre’s system of
                  terror. 
                  Brussels gives a civic feast on account of its
                  union with France. 
                  The French enter Treves, and summon Breda. 
                  Pelet solicits the convention for the return of
                  order, of justice, and of commerce.
             10.  The English take possession of Calvi.
             11.  The states-general earnestly exhort the Dutch to
                  defend themselves.
             13.  A general release of prisoners confined in France
                  by order of Robespierre—­they amounted to upwards
                  of 500,000. 
                  Quesnoy retaken by the French, with 3000 men. 
                  The telegraph first made use of.
             15.  An ambassador from America receives the fraternal
                  kiss.
             26.  L’Ecluse surrenders by capitulation to the French. 
                  Ordered, that all persons may travel freely without
                  passports in the interior of the republic. 
                  The new ambassador from Geneva received in the
                  convention.
             29.  Valenciennes surrenders; its garrison consisted of
                  8ooo men, of whom 1100 were emigrants.
             30.  Conde surrenders to the French. 
                  Freron and Tallien propose measures of moderation,
                  that is, a system opposite to that of terror.
Sept. 1.  The Emperor threatens to withdraw his troops, if
                  the circles of Germany do not support him better. 
                  The academy cf arts and sciences of Paris discovers
                  a method of making pot-ash from the horse-chesnut
                  (sic). 
                  Bois-le-Duc