Parisian Reckoning After King's Speech and Mob Punishment
Reports from France describe the King's appeal for strict adherence to religious law, heated debates on punishing rebels, and the execution of Mont Peruron. News notes Brissot, Petion, and DaLogne, with mentions of Madame le Chevalier-d’Eon’s school and the exile of Jacobins after Paris’s fall to the allied forces.
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Testerday
France
Parliament
Mont. Peruron
Paris
King’s Palace
le Place de Grave
Amsterdam
Avignon
Senate House
Demireps
Thuilleries
Versailles
M. Brissot
Bordeaux
Petion
Duke of Origans
Ireland
Paine
Napier Tanpy
Burkt
Madame le Chévalier-d’Eon
America
Monsieur DaLogne
Royal encampment review and royal hospitality at Bagshot
Yesterday the royal party including the Prince of Wales and Princesses journeyed from Windsor to Bagshot for the grand Review of the encampment led by Duke of Ricamont. Banquets followed at Bagshot Park and Bagshot marquee amid nobility and officers while shortages and extortionate prices plagued visitors and locals alike.
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Windsor Lodge
Bagshot
Prince of Wales
Dukes of York
Clarence
Gloucester
Duchess of York
Prince William
Sorsra
Giow Cester
Duke of Ricamont
Buthy Park
Suich
Junizee
France in Turmoil as Paris Faces Riots and Drafts
Reports from Paris describe renewed disturbances and planned punishments for July 30 offenders. French troops await marching orders toward French territories while Marseilles, Aix, and Calvados supporters push for rival republics. The Theatre Francois proclaims active status for all non-active citizens, and sections plan to shrink National Guard units as violent mobs gather in the capital.
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Duke of
Brunswick
National Assembly
France
MarjezVes
Aix
Calvacos
Hercules
de Frorroa Branca
Spain
Pampeluna
M. d’Aranca
Count de Canada
Malaga
Vienna
Louis XVI
Beunswics
Paris
Theatre Francois
National Guards
National Guard
Marseillois
Bordelois
Nantois
Jourdan
Fauxbourg St. Antoine
Insurrection and royal crisis dominate Paris as war looms
A Friday dispatch reports Au shiian troops desertions and an anticipated attack on Saer. Louis, with priests and officers detained on suspicion of aiding Austrians, while debates in the National Assembly range from tribunals and ministerial prosecutions to calls for alive citizens. The King declares war a national necessity and pledges continuity of the constitution amid internal divisions and public peril.
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Maibege
Saer
Louis
National Assembly
M. Roxpier
Orleans
Messrs. Tardy
Moireau
Soiffons
Paris
M. Ja
M. Dumas
Tribune
Servan
Rollan
France
Attempt to dethrone the king during national crisis
The virtuous Patrow urged the king be declared to have forfeited his crown and a new ministry be elected to govern until a National Convention adopts definitive measures. The demand, applauded, was referred to the Committee Extraordinary, with the king likely to be deprived of his crown and Jacobins set to rise to power.
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Patrow
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Paris Letters Describe Political Turmoil and Fleeing Figures
A Paris dispatch reports mounting political chaos as factions plot to dethrone the King and recall ministers. It notes accusations of moderantism against leaders, fear of a wolfish faction, and widespread distrust amid epidemics in Soiffons. Epremenil exits prison. Orleans and Latouré depart. republicano sentiment grows as crisis deepens.
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Paris
de Mars
Facobigs
Rutland
Brifor
Guadet
Geufeaug
Servan
Vergnimx
Rederer
C v
Champs Eliyees
Soiffons
Pe K
Epremenil
M. O’orleans
Latowbe
Republico
National Assembly Updates and Military Urgency
The assembly reports patriots appointing commissioners to recruit volunteers with fifty livres advance. Debates rage over cantonments and palisades. a Legion of Allobroges is decreed. Béger de St Croix appointed foreign minister. Frontiers status inspected as Swiss troop movements are noted and calls for depowering the king arise.
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Wening
Bourdeaux
Maulde
Mont. Dumoutiex
Douai
M. Redon
M.chambor
National
M. Merlin
Brunswick
Mont Melian
August 2 Camp of Giffons sees glass mixed with bread
An inquiry is ordered into a diabolic act in the town where some wretches mingled powdered glass with ammunition bread. The text notes tensions over admiral appointments and local political actions including exclusive precedence for cockades and concerns about rag currency.
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M. Dé Cufizes
Giffons
Louis Pyrtirte Josery
Aiji
France Grants Pensions and Indemnities to Foreign Volunteers
The decree outlines pensions, bounties, and indemnities for non commissioned officers and soldiers who join French forces. It details payment in livres, residence, and long term pensions, plus provisions for widows and dependents, and sets conditions for entry into French corps and territorial assignments. It emphasizes liberty, equality, and fraternal ties with foreign volunteers who align with France.
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France
Distri
Fay
National Assembly
Francé
Fragmentary note on a birth and fruit metaphor
A damaged fragment references Mrs. Joxpan and a baby whose birth occurred soon after, noting a rushed time period of five months and an expensive fruit that did not mature, with garbled statements about rates and declarations.
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Austria
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