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the origins of contemporary france-3-第63章

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is that if they gave me the command of two Swiss battalions and one

hundred good horsemen; I should repel the insurgents in a manner which

would for ever rid them of any desire to return。〃 (SR)



'77' Napoleon; at this moment; was at the Carrousel; in the house of

Bourrienne's brother。 〃I could see conveniently;〃 he says; 〃all that

took place during the day。 。 。 The king had at least as many troops in

his defense as the Convention since had on the 13th Vendémaire; while

the enemies of the latter were much more formidable and better

disciplined。 The greater part of the national guard showed that they

favored the king; this justice must be done to it。〃 (It might be

helpful to some readers to know that when Napoleon refers to the 13th

Vendémaire; (5th Oct。 1795) that was when he; as a young officer was

given the task to defend the Convention against a royalist uprising。

He was quick…witted and got hold of some guns in time; loaded them

with grape…shot; placed them in front of the Parisian church of Saint…

Roch and completely eliminated the superior royalist force。 SR。)



'78' Official report of Leroux。 On the side of the garden; along the

terrace by the river; and then on the return were 〃a few shouts of

Vive le roi! many for Vive la nation! Vivent les sans…culottes! Down

with the king! Down with the veto! Down with the old porker! etc。 

But I can certify that these insults were all uttered between the

Pont…Turnant and the parterre; and by about a dozen men; among which

were five or six gunners following the king; the same as flies follow

an animal they are bent on tormenting。〃



'79' Mortimer…Ternaux; III。 223; 273  Letter of Bonnaud; chief of

the Sainte…Marguerite battalion: 〃I cannot avoid marching at their

head under any pretext 。 。 。 Never will I violate the Constitution

unless I am forced to。〃  The Gravilliers section and that of the

Faubourg Poissonnière cashiered their officers and elected others。



'80' Mortimer…Ternaux; IV。 342。 Speech of Fabre d'Eglantine at the

Jacobin Club; Nov。 5; 1792。 〃Let it be loudly proclaimed that these

are the same men who captured the Tuileries; broke into the prisons of

the Abbaye; of Orleans and of Versailles。〃



'81' In this respect the riot of the Champ…de…Mars (July 17; 1791);

the only one that was suppressed; is very instructive: 〃As the militia

would not as usual ground their arms on receiving the word of command

from the mob; this last began; according to custom; to pelt them with

stones。 To be deprived of their Sunday recreational activities; to be

marching through the streets under a scorching sun; and then be remain

standing like fools on a public holiday; to be knocked out with

bricks; was a little more than they had patience to bear so that;

without waiting for an order; they fired and killed a dozen or two of

the raggamuffins。 The rest of the brave chaps bolted。 If the militia

had waited for orders they might; I fancy; have been all knocked down

before they received any。 。 。  Lafayette was very near being killed in

the morning; but the pistol failed to go off at his breast。 The

assassin was immediately secured; but he arranged to be let free〃

(Gouverneur Morris; letter of July 20; 1791)。 Likewise; on the 29th of

August; 1792; at Rouen; the national guard; defending the H?tel…de…

ville; is pelted with stones more than an hour while many are wounded。

The magistrates make every concession and try every expedient; the

mayor reading the riot act five or six times。 Finally the national

guard; forced into it; exclaim: 〃If you do not allow us to repel force

with force we shall leave。〃 They fire and four persons are killed and

two wounded; and the crowd breaks up。 (〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7;

2265; official report of the Rouen municipality; Aug。 29; addresses of

the municipality; Aug。 28; letter of the lieutenant…colonel of the

gendarmerie; Aug。 30; etc。)。



'82' Official report of Leroux。  〃Chronique des cinquante jours;〃 by

R?derer。  〃Détails particuliers sur la journée du 10 Aout;〃 by a

bourgeois of Paris; an eye…witness (1822)。



'83' Barbaroux; 〃Mémoires;〃 69。 〃Everything betokened victory for the

court if the king had never left his post 。 。 。 If he had shown

himself; if he had mounted on horseback the battalions of Paris would

have declared for him。〃



'84' 〃Révolution de Paris;〃 number for Aug。 11; 1792。 〃The 10th of

August; 1792; is still more horrible than the 24th of August; 1572;

and Louis XVI。 a greater monster than Charles IX。 〃  〃Thousands of

torches were found in cellars; apparently placed there to burn down

Paris at a signal from this modern Nero。〃 In the number for Aug。18:

〃The place for Louis Nero and for Medicis Antoinette is not in the

towers of the Temple; their heads should have fallen from the

guillotine on the night of the 10th of August。〃 (Special details of a

plan of the king to massacre all patriot deputies; and intimidate

Paris with a grand pillaging and by keeping the guillotine constantly

at work。)  〃That crowned ogre and his Austrian panther。〃



'85' Narrative of the Minister Joly (written four days after the

event)。 The king departs about half…past eight。  Cf。 Madame Campan;

〃Mémoires;〃 and Moniteur; XIII。 378。



'86' Révolution de Paris;〃 number for Aug。 18。 On his way a sans…

culotte steps out in front of the rows and tries to prevent the king

from proceeding。 The officer of the guard argues with him; upon which

he extends his hand to the king; exclaiming: 〃Touch that hand;

bastard; and you have shaken the hand of an honest man! But I have no

intention that your bitch of a wife goes with you to the Assembly; we

don't want that whore。〃   〃Louis XVI;〃 says Prudhomme; 〃kept on his

way without being upset by the with this noble impulse。〃  I regard

this as a masterpiece of Jacobin interpretation。



'87' Mortimer…Ternaux; II。 311; 325。 The king; at the foot of the

staircase; had asked R?derer: 〃what will become of the persons

remaining above? 〃Sire;〃 he replies; 〃they seem to be in plain dress。

Those who have swords have merely to take them off; follow you and

leave by the garden。〃 A certain number of gentlemen; indeed; do so;

and thus depart while others escape by the opposite side through the

gallery of the Louvre。



'88' Mathon de la Varenne; 〃Histoire particulière;〃 etc。; 108。

(Testimony of the valet…de…chambre Lorimier de Chamilly; with whom

Mathon was imprisoned in the prison of La Force。



'89' De Lavalette; 〃Mémoires;〃 I。 81。 〃We there found the grand

staircase barred by a sort of beam placed across it; and defended by

several Swiss officers; who were civilly disputing its passage with

about fifty mad fellows; whose odd dress very much resembled that of

the brigands in our melodramas。 They were intoxicated; while their

coarse language and queer imprecations indicated the town of

Marseilles; which had belched them forth。〃



'90' Mortimer…Ternaux; II。 314; 317 (questioning of M。 de Diesbach)。

〃Their orders were not to fire until the word was given; and not

before the national guard had set the example。〃



'91' Buchez et Roux; XVI; 443。 Narration by Pétion。 … Peltier;

〃Histoire du 10 ao?t。



'92' M。 de Nicolay wrote the following day; the 11th of August: 〃The

federates fired first; which was followed by a sharp volley from the

chateau windows。〃 (Le Comte de Fersen et la cour de France。 II。 347。)



'93' Mortimer…Ternaux; II。 491。 The abandonment of the Tuileries is

proved by the small loss of the assailants。 (List of the wounded

belonging to the Marseilles corps and of the killed and wounded of the

Brest corps; drawn up Oct。 16; 1792。  Statement of the aid granted

to wounded Parisians; to widows; to orphans; and to the aged; October;

1792; and then 1794。)  The total amounts to 74 dead and 54 severely

wounded The two corps in the hottest of the fight were the Marseilles

band; which lost 22 dead and 14 wounded; and the Bretons; who lost 2

dead and 5 wounded。 The sections that suffered the most were the

Quinze…Vingts (4 dead and 4 wounded); the Faubourg…Montmartre (3

dead); the Lombards (4 wounded); and the Gravilliers (3 wounded)。 

Out of twenty…one sections reported; seven declare that they did not

lose a man。  The Swiss regiment; on the contrary; lost 760 men and

26 officers。



'94' Napoleon's narrative。



'95' Pétion's account。



'96' Prudhomme's 〃Révolution de Paris;〃 XIII。 236 and 237。 …

Barbaroux; 73。 … Madame Campan; II。 250。



'97' Mortimer…Ternaux; II。 258。  Moore; I。 59。 Some of the robbers

are killed。  Moore saw one of them thrown down the grand staircase。



'98' Michelet; III。 289。



'99' Mercier; 〃Le Nouveau Paris;〃 II。 108。  〃The Comte de Fersen et

la Cour de France;〃 II。 348。 (Letter of Sainte…Foix; Aug。 11)。 〃The

cellars were broken open and more than 10;000 bottles of wine of which

I saw the fragments in the court; so intoxicated the people that I

made haste to put an end to an investiga
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