Paris crisis looms as troops surround Paris and Directory clash
A Paris dispatch reports a large force near the capital, with 25 000 to 27 000 troops and heavy artillery forming an army over 40 000 strong. The movement, rumoured to be countermanded, menaces the Legislative Body and signals possible upheaval, with investigations sought into detachments and requisitions. The piece notes allied dispatches about revolts elsewhere and a tense European scene.
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Paris
Smmportange
L'elair
Sambre
Cleuse
Council
Delame
Marth
Hoche
Meuse
St. Denis
Etampes
la Marne
Ami Des Loix
la Sentinelle
Ferino
Legion Des Francs
Lefage
Chartres
France
Directory
Council of Ancients
Portalis
Metsidor
Calais
Paris in alarm as rumors swirl around marching troops
The narrative recounts last night fears in Paris of a Triumvirate plot, rumors of disbanded troops returning to plunder, and promises of mass arrests. It notes Guards and patrols, public anxiety, and reactions from the Metrailleurs amidst reports from Tours and Italian intelligence. The dispatch also covers General Angereau’s appeal to soldiers and broader European diplomatic tensions.
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Paris
Larevilliere
Lepaux
Barras
Sambre
Meuse
Milliard
Pichegru
Willot
Ferrand
Dumas
Aubry
Jourdan
Collor A’ Herbois
Lyons
Saint-Amand
Saint-Germain
Metrailleurs
Tours
Samichonnerie
Club de Salm
Miroir
Italy
Parma
Chef-D’euvre
St. Jerome
Corregio
Pichegrz
Hocue
Sambre and
Switzerland
Cadiz
Mas Sarsco
Gates
Vera Cruz
Ratifbon
Diet
Ratifbont
Troop Movements Shift in Marne Area Telegram
A Chalons dispatch dated July 31 reports uncertain troop actions across the Marne with cantonments for 10,000 men canceled and regiments ordered to retrograde or remain at Rheims Foernay Chalons and Vitry. Wives of La Zour Maubourg and Bureux de Puip seek faster Olmutz prisoner releases via Viennay, aided by Archduke Cuares passage and General Moreau influence. Dugereau's Aide-de-Camp arrives in Paris.
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the Marne
Chalons
Rheims
Foernay
Vitry
Marne
la Zour-Maubourg
Bureux-de-Puip
Viennay
Olmutz
General Moreau
Archduke Cuares
Dugereau
Paris
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Redageur
Taryn of
Fahy
Sarpinia
L’eclair
Hague
Madrid
M. Letenhoofe
Marquis del ‘Gampo
Lisle
Spain
Holland
New York
Halifax
General Post Office
Weymouth
Upway
Bincombe
Esplanade
Lord Carucarr
Horse Grenadier Guards
Amnerst
Jane Dunpas
Walmer Castle
Dover
Chaxtorte Towns Hend
Marquis of Carmarthen
Raynham Hall
Duke of Leeds
Yorkshire
St. James’square
Leicestershire
Lord Kenyon
Joan Townswenp
Perann
Ball’s Park
Newgate
Court of Chancery
Viena
Dalmatia
Prince William of Gloucester
Holstein
Germany
Aus
Menou
Hedonville
Cisalpine Republic
Bologna
Ferrara
Romagna
Moreau
Scherer
Council OF Five Hundred
Thermidor
National Treasury
Carnot
Lacarne
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