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-Following the second [[French Revolution]] and the [[Battle of Tuileries]], there was a period of great anxiety in France. The attempt by the [[Duke of Brunswick]] to orchestrate a foriegn backed invasion of [[France]], sponsored by the French [[Monarchy]] had raised the stakes to an extreme level.
-Counter revolutions occured in in [[Brittany]] and on the 2nd September, the [[Prussia]]ns captured [[Verdun]]. Verdun represented the last majoy town between the Prussians and [[Paris]], thus prompting terror of an invasion that would seek revenge for the revolution. Tales that [[Royalist] soldiers would be released and criminals incorporated into the invading army lead to general alarm throughout France.
-On the afternoon of the second, a coach of suspected royalists in Paris was being transported towards prison and surrounded. A fracas ensued and the defendents were slaughtered. This prompted a killing spree, generated by tales of atrocities by Royalist forces, throughout the prisons. Every royalist appeared a menance and trials frequently became brief, it was a series of events unopposed by the then Minister of Justice, [[Danton]].
-[[Category:France]]

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