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Municipality declares martial law: Red flag authorization

France · Revolution / Revolution of France. Chronological records from PostgreSQL.

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Municipality declares martial law: Red flag authorization

Bailly, Jean-Sylvain · Paris · Mayor of Paris

Mayor Bailly invoked the legal machinery of martial law and authorized the display of the red flag. The measure transformed a contested political assembly into a public-order emergency.

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