French Convention confronts accused deputies and Toulon crisis
Amid reports from Toulon and a fierce debate, the Convention accuses Brissot and 30 others of conspiring against the Republic. Deputies are arrested, sent to prison, and await trial by the Revolutionary Tribunal as demonstrations erupt outside the Tuilleries.
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Duperret
Carra
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Fauchet
Doulcet
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Ducos
Gamon
Mollevant
Gardier
Valaze
Vatadi
Vallee
Dupsat
Mainvielle
de la Haye
Bonnet
Chambon
Condorcet
Lacazo
Liddon
Fermont
Mazuier
Committee of General Safety
Ossein
Amar
Barbaroux
Levasseur
Mon- Traut
Royal Windsor Hunt and Court News From London
London dispatches describe the King's Windsor Forest hunt with Princes Augustus and Apolonus, audience with Mr Pitt at Downing Street, Duchess of York's visit to Windsor Lodge, and multiple courtly engagements including naval officers' entertainment at St James's Palace. Press critiques target Continental papers and ministerial politics amid war, with commentary on Valenciennes and domestic taxes.
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Prince Augustus
Prince Apolonus
Windsor
Duchess of York
Windsor Lodge
Oatlands
Dunpas
Admiral Macarter
General Barnstound
Pitt
Downing-street
J. Daummownon
Lady Carucarr
Princess Soputa
Tunbridge
Duke of Clarence
Petersham-lodge
Royalicuness
Trial of the Queen opens this week before the tribunal
The article reports a call in the Convention to begin the trial of Marie Antoinette, widow of Louis Capet, accusing a delay in bringing her to justice and noting the Revolutionary Tribunal will hear the case this week.
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Bittaup Varennes
Louis Capet
Revolutionary Tribunal
Morning Post items suppression and notices of poetry
TV correspondents report a Friexp tro Constiturroxat Liszrty under consideration. The Sans Culottes Trio five or the Secrets of a Pulger Government Print, an Hudibreflic Poem, arrived too late for publication. Ben's Love Epistle to his Fair Friend is too gross to publish. Several favors are noted for later acknowledgment.
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Pulger
Ben
Paris Armies accounts read to inspire eager recruits
The official army accounts are read daily in the Convention before youths passing through Paris on their way to join the armies. The ceremony aims to instill courage and enthusiasm for the cause in which they are embarked.
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Bezard
Ci-Devant Seigneurs
Ossepre
Battles and raids stir Schied and nearby fronts
From the headquarters: cannonading near Schied, a day of bombardment, and a night of renewed fighting as French and Piedmontese forces clash. Despite repeated assaults and heavy casualties, troops rally, defend Bergzabern, and claim continual engagement around Nice, Toulon, and Lyons with reports of victories and Dutch-like revolutionary fervor.
Forces repulse English Spanish sortie near Toulon
From the head-quarters near Toulon the contention reports a recent English and Spanish sortie repulsed with about 40 men killed and similar number wounded, plus about as many prisoners taken. The attackers tried a night surprise on the heights commanding the forts but failed.
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Gener DE Beausset
Toulon
Serr
Agai
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