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Deposed Cordeliers and Greek Catholicks in Damascus Revolt
Reports from Damascus dated December describe a Muslim Greek conflict over church rights. A proCatholic decree angered Greek schismatics. mobs seized Catholics at the Cordeliers, forced fines, and imposed oaths restricting worship. Other dispatches note military movements in Germany and Italy, arrests in Paris, and violent crime incidents including a murdered country gentleman and executions at Tyburn.
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Damascus
Cordeliers
Mecca
Cadi
Mount
Libanus
Paris
U.S
Germany
Marshal de Coigny
Mentz
Italy
Gonzaga