The History of the French Revolution, Том 3R. Bentley, 1838 |
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Страница 470 - National Guards appearing in all the avenues which led to the square. The moment was terrible. Ten pieces of the artillery of the Convention were placed in battery, while the cannoneers of the municipality, with their lighted matches in their hands, stood beside their guns on the opposite side. But the authority of the law prevailed : the decree of the legislature was read by torchlight, and the insurgent troops refused to resist it.
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