Turbulent words as France reels under revolutionary strife
Reports claim Robespierre pushes harsh measures against merchants while warning that wealthy farmers will face popular retribution. Troop evacuations near Nice are noted, with rumours of a Spaniard descent near Frejus. General Nicolas is said to be encircled and captured with his army. Lower Rhine administrators are labeled aristocrats amid recruitment concerns and executions for white cockade involvement.
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Robepterre
Darson
Nice
Frejus
Nicolas
Lyonnois
Auvergne
St. Quentin
Lower Rhine
Charles Bain
Agers
DM. Dagran
Ci-Devent
M. de Crojze
Ci-Devant
Robert Cusines
Laft
Brifor
Desperism
Committee of General Safety
Midhons
Hebert
Lecointre
Leonard Bourdon
Gaften
Paris
Gaffon
Tribunes
National Convention Reports French Army Victories At Dunkirk
General Barthelemy’s letter from Handschote dated Sept 8 details French success against the enemy. 18,000 men threaten further action as Dunkirk resists and the English siege collapses. Reports mention captured standards and cannon, wounded, and a brave grenadier who lost an arm but kept rank.
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Barthelemy
Handschote
Republic
Casfel
Delhos
Levafeur
Bergues
Dunkirk
Magdelaine
Lisle
Pont de Ce
Goupilleau
Committee of Public Safety
Chantenay
Bulaud Varennes
Lequimio
Legros
Committee of Public Instruction
Barrere
Tunck
Goffini
Maubeuge
Italy
Destinacy
Tou- Marseilles
Yey
Carteaux
Gener Y
Brunet
Decree Orders Paris Provisions and Bankers’ Duties
The decree, under Gens d armerie inspection, requires Paris and garrisoned towns to be supplied with provisions during the war. The Municipality and the Interior Minister oversee execution. Le Bourg Egalite is to be supplied similarly. Bankers must give three months notice before quitting and may not buy corn while the decree stands, with a 3000 livre penalty for violations.
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Paris
Interior
le Bourg
Pegalite
Paris Assembly Passes Repression Measures on Recruits and Bread
Septal resolutions order search for the address author of a citizen protest, declare deserters among 18 to 25 year olds remaining after army drafts, call for death penalty for bakers not enforcing bread laws, and designate guards at the hospital of charity to curb movements of counterrevolutionaries and emigrants.
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Eleves
Autheaume
Paris
Choumette
Hospital of Charity
States of Holland to debate on 25th current affairs
A dispatch from the Netherlands reports the States of Holland and West Friesland will convene on Wednesday the 25th to discuss subjects already communicated to the cities. It notes movements of troops from Deinse to Ghent, a wounded Major General de Grave who is a prisoner of war, and Prince Frederick of France being moved to The Hague for wound treatment with a speedy recovery hoped for.
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Holland and
West Friesland
Ypres
de Gravemoer
Menin
Lisle
SITTING OF THE JACOBINS SEPT 9 1793 CONSPIRACY CRACKDOWN
Reports from Lyon outline urgent calls for harsh action against Brifor and allies as the Convention debates trials and revolutionary measures. Deputies denounce officials and propose departmental revolutionary armies while cautions about depa rmental resistance and risks of overreach emerge amid mounting popular fanaticism.
British Army Reinforcements Near Touon Threaten France
London reports that Toutoy hosts about 14 000 allied troops including English and Spaniards with the old garrison and emigrants. The Allies may attack x to sever Marseilles communications as Rear Admiral Garoner returns home due to rifts with Major General Bruce. Two Jamaica ships reach Liverpool, part of a large convoy of two seventy fours.
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Mason
Lord Grenville
Whitehall
Duke of York
Menin
Huck Conway
Admiralty
Lord Hoop
Zoxton
Toutoy
Thither
Marseilles
France
Touon
Garoner
Bruce
Jamaica
Liverpool
Retreat From West Flanders After Prolonged Battles
Amsterdam reports the Dutch retreat from the Frontiers of West Flanders after costly engagements with Allied forces under the Duke of York and Marshal Frey taG. The State army, aided by Austrian cavalry, faced a much larger French force of about 30,000 troops and suffered heavy losses, including six battalions at Halluen and Menin. Prince Frederic of France is said to be recovering well after medical incisions to cleanse a wound.
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West Flanders
Duke of
Camp de la Magdelaine
Halluen
Menin
Frederic
France
Prince Frederic of France Escapes Dutch Rout At Sea
ROTTERDAM Serv. 16 We report Prince Frederic second son of the Prince of France on his way to the Hague after a shoulder wound. He rode from Menin to Courtray and thence to Sluys with Col. Bentinck, escaping a Dutch pursuit and taking a small vessel to Holland. The French forces routed the Dutch army near Antwerp causing widespread alarm as forces fled. The prince sustained gunshot wounds and a head injury but recovered to some extent. the Hereditary Prince also injured but less severely. The French reportedly favored further attacks on the Dutch.
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Dubem
Ypres
Belgic
Uture
France
Paris
Committee of Public Safety
Brest
Pont de-Ce
Atabot
Prince Frederick
Hague
Rotterdam
Flanders
Bentinck
Sluys
Holland
Willhiamstadt
Colummn
Antwerp
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Spai
Fayan
Nior
Fung
Popular Society of
Bergerec
Bourdeaux
Houcuaron
Hoxdehoose
Furzes
Fondionnaires Publics
Bourdon de Poife
la Vendée
Baudin
Department
Seiche Et Loire
Julien de Touloufe
Revolutionary Committee
Section Des Amis de la Patrie
Revolutionary Committees of
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Amsterdam
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