Reform of Armed Forces
A levee en masse is raised aiming to enlist 16,000 men.
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August
Reform of Armed Forces
The Decree for the Levee en Masse is made
Reform of Armed Forces
The Decree for the Levee en Masse is made.
Grand Livre of Public Debt
Cambon advances the consolidation of state obligations into the Grand Livre, giving the Republic a more systematic register of public debt.
Custine Condemned over Frontier Defeats
Custine was convicted after accusations concerning his conduct of French military operations. His execution illustrated the Convention's willingness to criminalize failures by senior officers.
Custine Executed Following Tribunal Conviction
Custine was guillotined following condemnation by the Revolutionary Tribunal. His fate reflected the intense suspicion surrounding military leadership during the emergency.
Death of Custine
Found guilty of treason by a revolutionary tribunal & guillotined
Death of Custine
Found guilty of treason by a revolutionary tribunal and guillotined.
Execution
Found guilty of treason by a revolutionary tribunal & guillotined
Revolutionary Tribunal
Found guilty of treason by a revolutionary tribunal & guillotined
Treason
Found guilty of treason by a revolutionary tribunal & guillotined
Hebertist Pressure
Hebert and militant allies press the Convention and Jacobins toward harsher measures against enemies
Hebertist Pressure
Hebert and militant allies press the Convention and Jacobins toward harsher measures against enemies.
Paris Guard Polices Revolutionary Institutions
Under Hanriot the citizen militia became a central instrument of municipal and political security. Its duties blurred the distinction between defending public buildings and enforcing factional authority.
Republic Reviews Loss of Border Fortresses
Carnot and fellow revolutionary officials assessed the consequences of the summer defeats. The losses reinforced calls for stronger mobilization, supplies and direct supervision of commanders.
Saliceti Organizes Republican Response to Revolt
Representative Saliceti helped direct the recovery of Toulon for the Convention. Retaking the port was important because its fleet and dockyards were major strategic assets.
Tribunal Prosecutes Suspected Military Betrayal
Fouquier Tinville pursued prosecutions that linked defeat or military disagreement with allegations of treason. Revolutionary generals faced judicial pressure alongside the hazards of campaigning.
September
Bailly drawn into inquiry over former court
Revolutionary authorities renewed their scrutiny of individuals linked to the former constitutional monarchy. Bailly's former official position left him exposed to political charges as the Terror intensified.
Support for Revolutionary Army
Danton supported stronger economic and military emergency measures, including a revolutionary army, during the Republic's crisis.
Chaumette supports intervention against scarcity
Chaumette associated revolutionary legitimacy with supplying the poor and combating hoarding. This aspect of calls for revolutionary army and controls illustrates how press campaigns, popular sections and government decisions became connected.
Hebert demands sterner emergency policy
Hébertist agitation helped push the Convention toward stronger measures against suspected enemies and economic disorder. The episode concerned calls for revolutionary army and controls and affected the relationship between club activists and public authority.
President of National Convention
The Convention elected Billaud-Varenne to preside during the September expansion of emergency revolutionary measures.
Reign of Terror
Popular pressure places terror on the order of the day as Jacobin dominated government confronts war and revolt
Reign of Terror
Popular pressure places terror on the order of the day as Jacobin dominated government confronts war and revolt.
Revolutionary Army Proposal
Billaud-Varenne supported creation of a revolutionary army during the emergency measures of September 1793.
Vincent represents the militant administrative wing
Vincent belonged to the circle that sought more radical enforcement of wartime mobilization. The controversy surrounding calls for revolutionary army and controls influenced the changing balance among revolutionary factions.
Battle of Hondschoote
Defeats an Anglo-Hanoverian army under the Duke of York
Battle of Hondschoote
Fights at the Battle of Hondschoote
French Offensive Relieves Dunkirk
Houchard's army defeated coalition forces at Hondschoote and relieved the siege of Dunkirk. The battle saved a strategically important French Channel port.
Siege of Dunkirk
Helps generals Houchard & Jourdan relieve Dunkirk
Battle of Menin
Routes the Prince of Orange
Siege of Toulon
Given command of the artillery
Law of Suspects
The Law of Suspects expands arrests of those considered enemies of the Revolution during Jacobin rule
Law of Suspects
The Law of Suspects expands arrests of those considered enemies of the Revolution during Jacobin rule.
Law of Suspects
Merlin de Douai presents the legislation defining categories of suspects who could be arrested during the revolutionary emergency.
Battle of Tournai
A Battle between 50,000 Allies & 45,000 French, both sides retreat
Revolutionary Tribunal Naming
Billaud-Varenne supported formally naming the extraordinary criminal court the Revolutionary Tribunal.
Adjutant
Appointed Adjutant General after the Battle of Hondschoote
Adjutant
Appointed Adjutant General after the Battle of Hondschoote
Bonaparte Replaces Wounded Artillery Officer
The young artillery officer assumed increasing responsibility after the commander of guns was wounded. He soon began reorganizing the besiegers' artillery positions around the port.
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