Curses couldn't solve anything. The most crucial task at hand was to regain control over the army. The sound of gathering soldiers outside reached their ears. Dumouriez adjusted his military cap, s...
2023-10-27 12:07:41 +0000 UTC View PostAfter putting the artillerymen through a rigorous exercise, the newly-promoted Major Napoleon walked towards his tent with a stern face. To his surprise, he found Joseph waiting for him there.
<... 2023-10-27 11:59:39 +0000 UTC View PostNo matter how much the envoys sent to Belgium had made the Belgians despise France, they had at least accomplished one thing: they had helped the French government acquire much-needed funds. This l...
2023-10-27 11:59:30 +0000 UTC View PostWith Fouche's vote, the fate of Louis XVI was essentially sealed. Fouche cast the three hundred and fifty-fifth vote in favor of the death penalty, only six votes away from the three hundred and si...
2023-10-27 11:59:24 +0000 UTC View PostWith Paris preoccupied by the trial of the king, nobody had time to trouble Dumouriez for now. Even the dispatch of officials responsible for military supplies had been delayed. But Dumouriez sense...
2023-10-27 11:59:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe Brisotists were not ones to sit idle. Their proposal, in response to the events unfolding in France, was to expel all members of the Bourbon family from the country.
This plan wasn't sole...
2023-10-27 11:59:07 +0000 UTC View PostAfter the victorious Battle of Rheims, the Austrian defenses in the region of Belgium crumbled. The Austrian forces fled in haste, and the French effortlessly occupied Aachen, moving swiftly toward...
2023-10-27 11:58:12 +0000 UTC View PostDumouriez rode at the forefront, with Joseph and Napoleon on horseback, brandishing their swords and leading the soldiers towards the smoke-covered heights of Jemappes.
Perhaps due to exhaust...
2023-10-27 11:58:08 +0000 UTC View PostAlthough Joseph hadn't given Dumouriez any advice, Dumouriez was a clever man. He quickly realized that his current goals were similar to those of the Duke of Brunswick across from him. So he began...
2023-10-27 11:58:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe F...
2023-10-27 11:57:52 +0000 UTC View PostOn August 29th, the Prussian-Austrian coalition surrounded the gates of Paris at Valmy. By the morning of September 2nd, royalists in Valmy launched a rebellion, killing the commander of the city's...
2023-10-27 11:57:44 +0000 UTC View PostIn addition to dealing a heavy blow to the Bonaparte brothers, Dumouriez had also taken the entire Red Army with him. Despite Carnot's furious protests (Carnot believed that sending Joseph to the f...
2023-10-27 11:37:43 +0000 UTC View PostEmperor Leopold's actions were seen by the French, or at least most of them, as acts of fear towards France. This sudden show of confidence among the French had a significant impact. It cast both R...
2023-10-27 11:37:36 +0000 UTC View PostWhile Robespierre and Lafayette were trying to slow down France's march towards war, the influence of the Girondins and the moderate factions pushed France closer to conflict.
Interestingly, ...
2023-10-27 11:37:27 +0000 UTC View PostJoseph didn't panic upon hearing the news. He furrowed his brow in thought and said, "Carnot, it's not convenient to talk here. Let's go to my office."
Joseph and Carnot entered the office to...
2023-10-27 11:37:20 +0000 UTC View PostFollowing the planned strategy, Robespierre began publishing articles in numerous newspapers, vehemently attacking Lafayette for conspiring to start a war, undermine democracy, and become a dictato...
2023-10-27 11:37:11 +0000 UTC View PostRobespierre had recently published several articles vehemently opposing the war rhetoric of some hardliners in the parliament who were advocating a preemptive strike against Austria.
At any t...
2023-10-27 11:37:01 +0000 UTC View PostOver the next few months, Paris appeared calm and everything seemed to be falling into place. On October 1st, the new National Assembly elections concluded, and the results left Lafayette disappoin...
2023-10-27 11:36:51 +0000 UTC View PostGeneral Lafayette was indeed a broad-minded man. Over the next few months, Joseph's work was largely unaffected. When payday arrived at the end of the month, Joseph and Napoleon received a bonus fo...
2023-10-27 11:36:14 +0000 UTC View PostThe next morning, Joseph went to work as usual, pondering what Lafayette's reaction would be. Would he inform Joseph directly that his position had been canceled due to the changing circumstances? ...
2023-10-27 11:36:02 +0000 UTC View PostFouché was indeed a prominent figure in the history of France. From the French Revolution to the First Empire, during that time, there were only three unyielding political figures: Talleyrand, Car...
2023-10-27 11:35:51 +0000 UTC View PostJoseph raised his head and glanced at Armand, then at Robespierre, and said, "Armand, Mr. Robespierre, you both know that I am friends with Lafayette..."
"Joseph, we are all friends with Lafa...
2023-10-27 11:16:15 +0000 UTC View PostAs soon as Joseph heard what this was about, he felt even more reluctant to participate. Although he wasn't very active in the club's activities, he was not entirely unaware of the current situatio...
2023-10-27 11:16:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe king's escape, though initially seen as .a farcical drama, completely altered the nation's course. Before this incident, even though there were some, like Marat, vehemently attacking the king i...
2023-10-27 11:15:59 +0000 UTC View PostAs the cowardly group slowly made their way towards Varennes with Napoleon and the infantrymen, they received continuous updates along the journey.
It was said that the King's carriage had be...
2023-10-27 11:15:50 +0000 UTC View PostDue to their suspicion and fear of Mirabeau, the King and Queen did not follow his advice. In hindsight, this may have been their best opportunity.
Whether it was Mirabeau or Lafayette, they ...
2023-10-27 11:15:42 +0000 UTC View Post"My respected Queen, you must exercise extreme caution when dealing with the Marquis de Lafayette. What the Marquis says may indeed have a certain truth to it, and one could argue that, overall, wh...
2023-10-27 11:15:33 +0000 UTC View PostTo be honest, when Lafayett heard the introduction of Joseph, Napoleon's brother, by Carnot, his first reaction was, "Joseph wants to scheme for personal gain." However, Lafayett wasn't angry about...
2023-10-27 11:15:26 +0000 UTC View PostWhile there were plans to exert some pressure on Napoleon, Joseph also knew that Napoleon wasn't cut out to be a staff officer. In this regard, he fell several notches short of Carnot, let alone Jo...
2023-10-27 11:14:56 +0000 UTC View PostEver since Bishop Talleyrand sold the Church's land, the financial crisis of the new government seemed to have temporarily abated. However, selling billions of livres worth of land all at once wasn...
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