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Bailly faces scrutiny of command responsibility

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Bailly faces scrutiny of command responsibility

Bailly, Jean-Sylvain · Paris · Mayor of Paris

After the Champ de Mars firing, public debate focused on decisions made by civil officials as well as armed commanders. Bailly could not separate his declaration of martial law from the guards' subsequent violence.

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