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to the castle and the National Assembly, and ar-ranged themselves in ba.de army, in the Place deCarouzel; they demanded a parley with theSwiss guards, and such of the king’s friends asappeared in the national uniform ; and after statingto them that the king was in safety, they affirmed,that they were determined to take possession ofthe Palace of the Tlmilleries. The gates of thecastle were instantly thrown open, and the firstranks of the. garrison grounded their arms, theothers placed their hats at the tops of their bayo-nets, and huzzaed. On this the national guardsran up to embrace them, but instead of friendlysalutation, they were received with a volley ofniusqiietvy. The patriots irritated at this new'in-stance of perfidy, instantly brought up their can-non, and a long and terrible engagement ensued.The Swiss, who were well provided with ball,cartridges, &c. made incredible slaughter fromthe doors and windows ; but at length the Mar-seiliois, sustained by the national guards, broke in,cut down the gates with their hatchets, and madethemselves masters of the castle. The palace wasimmediately filled, and every Swiss that came intheir way perished. Eighty Swiss, who were takenprisoners, were conducted to the Town Hall ;some enraged guards of the Marseillois were wait-ing for them in the Place de Greve ; when theseunfortunate Swiss came down they were all mas-sacred. In this dreadful convulsion about twelvethousand fell melancholy sacrifices, of whommore than eight thousand were of the people.
Suspension of the French king by the National As-sembly, Aug. 11.
The king, queen, and royal family of France, sent tothe Temple, Aug. 12.
A hired armed mob, in the beginning of September,went to all the prisons of Paris to massacre theprisoners; they proceeded to the Cairns, where2ti4 non-juring priests were detained; they wereall massacred. The Conciergerie was forced, and85 prisoners put to death at 'the stairs of the pa-lace ; whilst 214 in the Chatelet were executedat the Port-au-change. From thence they wentto the prison of la Force, where 168 prisoners,the ladies of the court, who were arrested on the10th of August, were conlined ; every one metthe same melancholy fate. They afterwards pro-ceeded (o the abbeys, where the whole of I hestall-officers of' the Swiss guards, and 153 otherprisoners, were massacred, except their com-mander M. D’Aftry. Bicetre was also besieged,and after some resistance taken, where 153 alsofell by the bloody hand:! of the assailants; and atthe Cloister of the Bernardins 73 perished in thesame shocking manner.
Preparations made in France to resist the alarming
, , progre ss of the duke of Brunswick towards Paris. ||
The prisoners for high treason, conlined at Orleans,
. brought to Versailles and massacred to the amountof 57, among whom were the duke of Brisac andthe bishop of Maudes, Sept. 10. About the sametime 79 priests were massacred at St. Firmin.
The National Assembly declaras war against the kingof Sardinia, Sept. 1C.
A general disease took place in. the army' of the dukeof Brunswick in consequence of having eaten inor-dinately of the unripe grape, and from their hav-ing been three days without bread, Sept. 20.
Royalty abolished in Fiance by a decree of the Na-tional Assembly, Sept. 21.
The French defeated at Chalon by the duke of Bruns-wick, Sept. 22.
Ti) e Convention decreed that the state seal was to bearthe inscription of the French Republic, Sept, CG.
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5796 1792 Spires taken by Genera! Custine, Sept. ?9.
The town of Eisle unsuccessfully besieged by theAustrians for seven days, Sept. 29—Oct. 7.
Menlz si rrendered by capitulation to General Cus-tine, Oct. 21.
Frankfort surrendered to the arms of Custine, Oc-tober 23.
Liege surrendered to the arms of the Republic aftera veiy long and obstinate engagement, Oct. ?S.
Total defeat of the Austrians by the French at thevillage of Bossu, near the camp of Jcmappe, No-vember 6.
Mons suirendered to General Dumourier, Nov. 7.after a severe battle; (be Austrians lost about4,000 men ; the French had 300 killed and 600wounded in two days. The Austrians agreedwith Dumourier to evacuate the Low Countries.
Bernonville appointed to command the army at Metzin the room of Kcllerman, w ho is ordered to Parisupon the denunciation of Custine, Nov. 14.
Ostcnd entered by the French fleet, Nov. 15.
Sarre Louis surrendered to the army of the Repub-lic, Nov. 16.
The city of Oneglia,' belonging to his Sardinian ma-jesty, taken by the French, Nov. 24.
Savoy declared by the National Assembly an eighty-fourth department, under the name of MontBlanc, Nov. 29.
Trial of Louis XVI. determined by the Convention,who passed a decree to that effect, Dec. 2.
The Prussians appeared before Frankfort, the gatesof which were treacherously opened to them bysome of the populace. Most of the French gar-rison, to the amount of one thousand three hun-dred men, were massacred, and several who hadbeen taken prisoners were sent toMentz with theirhands cut off, November.
The French king tried by the National Convention,Dec. 11.
The French, commanded by General Miranda, tookpossession of the town of Weyem and Wert, andall the territory beyond the Meuse, Dec. 10.
The Austrians evacuated Frankfort, which theFrench took possession of, Dec. 16.
Decree passed by the National Assembly for theperpetual banishment of every person of the Bour-bon family, except those now confined in theTemple, Dec. 20.
The country of Takhensleim invaded by the French,Dec. 23.
The French king again tried before the NationalConvention, Dec. 26.
5797 1793 The inhabitants of Nice form themselves into a re-
public and demand 'an union with France, Ja-nuary 13.
Sentence of death passed on Louis XVI. by the Na-tional Assembly, Jail. 17.
Execution of the "sentence of deatli on Louis XVI.by the guillotine, Jail. 21. The 21st day oi themonth was singularly ominous and fatal to LouisXVI. Twenlv-lirst of April, 1770, he was mar-ried ; twenty-first of June, 1770, the fete tookplace on account of his marriage, when aboutfifteen hundred lost their lives, being (horrid tosay) trampled to death ; twenty-first of January,1782, the grand fete on account of the birth oft fieDauphin ;‘ twenty first of June, 1791, his llight toVarennes ; twenty-first of September, 1792, abo-lition of royalty; twenty-first of January, 1793,his execution.
The kingofPrussia takes possession of Thorn, Jan. 24.
The British court go into mourning for the late kingof France, Jan. 27.
The National Convention accept the union freely re-quested by the country of Nice, Jan. 31,
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