Factional Strife and Barras Clash with Lyons Incident
Fragmentary report depicts violent tension between Jacobins and Directory allied factions. Barras orders seizure of a Lyons envoy bearing weapons and threats as insurrection fears rise.
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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 05, 1797
Page
2
Fragmentary report depicts violent tension between Jacobins and Directory allied factions. Barras orders seizure of a Lyons envoy bearing weapons and threats as insurrection fears rise.
Fragmented pamphlet and chaotic debate reveal a Royalist conspiracy in the Legislative Body. Delegates clash in the Tribune over calls for a Counter-Revolutionary Tribunal while factions accuse each other of treachery and incitement.
A Paris letter to Le Grand Journal corrects a misstatement about Bernadette signing Army of Italy addresses to the Directory. He argues his loyalty to Royalists and the Republic, praises military duty, and vows to defend the government if needed, while noting Benjamin Constant’s funeral duties and the anticipated dipillal of General Moreau.
The document asserts that threatening addresses attributed to the Army of the Rhine and Moseile are forged. It claims attempts were made to inflame soldiers by delaying pay to contractors for provisioning. A confected conduct is alleged to incite rival armies while internal improprieties are implied.
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