he
fort St. Michel, surround Maestricht, and menace
Breda.
Lyons destroys the jacobin club, and burns the tree
of liberty.
Paris is in great disorder.
Dumourier addresses a proclamation to the Dutch
against the Stadtholder. The States-general answer
it by a manifesto.
Condorcet reads a constitutional act to the
convention; the jacobins reject it.
The national convention of Liege decrees the
destruction of its cathedral.
Marat excites great tumult in the convention.
Venice acknowledges the republic; Bavaria observes
neutrality.
Custine transports the clergy of Mayence who refuse
to take the oath of liberty.
The French bombard Maestricht, which is defended by
the Prince of Hesse-Cassel.
The Grand Duke of Tuscany declares a neutrality
with regard to the French republic.
25. The British troops under the Duke of York sail from
England.
Breda surrenders to the French.
Dumourier bombards Gertruydenberg and Williamstadt
with Dutch artillery.
The Convention decrees that soldiers have a right
to elect their officers. Marat urges this
decree, and strikes in the face several of those
who oppose it, even in the convention.
The Duke of York arrives at the Hague.
The Stadtholder declares he will defend the
republic to the last.
28. The Archduke Charles, the Prince of Cobourg, and
Duke of Wurtemburg, arrive at Duren.
The French merchants offer to send fifty
privateers to sea.
Discourse pronounced in the convention by
Anacharsis Cloots, on universal fraternity.
Riots in Paris at the houses of the bakers and
grocers.
Brussels desires, and obtains an union with France.
Revolution in Geneva after the French example.
The convention encourages addresses from all