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Finally, La Vendee had risen. The 10th of March, the very day on which the
Cordelier insurrection had failed in Paris, the spark of insurrection was stricken
forth in La Vendee. At the village of St. Florent, near Ancenis, the young peasants
...
Finally, La Vendee had risen. The 10th of March, the very day on which the
Cordelier insurrection had failed in Paris, the spark of insurrection was stricken
forth in La Vendee. At the village of St. Florent, near Ancenis, the young peasants
...
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... summoned a representative assembly to meet at Caen, raised an army,
appointed general Wimpfeu to the command, and pushed forward its advanced
post to Evreux, within a day's journey of the capital. Brittany strove to imitate La
Vendee; ...
... summoned a representative assembly to meet at Caen, raised an army,
appointed general Wimpfeu to the command, and pushed forward its advanced
post to Evreux, within a day's journey of the capital. Brittany strove to imitate La
Vendee; ...
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In fact La Vendee alone fought, and at this time with ill success. The league of
Lower Normandy, formidable by the debates and votes, and proces verbals of its
representative assembly, conducted its military efforts with all the irresolution and
...
In fact La Vendee alone fought, and at this time with ill success. The league of
Lower Normandy, formidable by the debates and votes, and proces verbals of its
representative assembly, conducted its military efforts with all the irresolution and
...
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... include the many and prominent events of this tragical period. The war of La
Vendee might well demand a volume : a paragraph could never give even an
idea of this insurrectionary struggle, marked by scarcely a decisive action ; nor
could ...
... include the many and prominent events of this tragical period. The war of La
Vendee might well demand a volume : a paragraph could never give even an
idea of this insurrectionary struggle, marked by scarcely a decisive action ; nor
could ...
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Ronsin and Rossignol, generals of the party, who had commanded with all
brutality in La Vendee, were accused by Phelippeau, and put in arrest. To show
its impartiality, the government at the same time arrested those of the moderates
who ...
Ronsin and Rossignol, generals of the party, who had commanded with all
brutality in La Vendee, were accused by Phelippeau, and put in arrest. To show
its impartiality, the government at the same time arrested those of the moderates
who ...
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