HIST 2P92 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Camille Desmoulins, Maximilien Robespierre, September Massacres
6 Mar 2017
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Chapter 9 the convention and the trail of the king: august september. Masses of men volunteer to the war front. Parisian seen as to young prepared for a home guard. Blankets, and clothes poured into the assembly for the war effort. Coffins were dismantle for much needed lead. Horses were requisitioned: valmy and the reversal of fortune. Prussian forced lead by the duke of brunswick moved inland towards paris. Charles fran ois dumouriez, took charge of the french army, as a result of the dissertation of lafayette. Seen as largely indistinguishable by french and prussian soldiers. Weeks of rain halted the prussians grain train. After 1o days of inactivity, brunswick ordered a retreat to germany. France moved on to liberate verde and longwyn. Marched north and attack savoy and seize nice and belgium . Capture brussels, were many of the french emigres had fled to.
