FRE

Concludes the peace of Breslau, 221.

Effect
of his defection from his allies, 221. Enters
into an alliance with Charles VII. against
Austria, 229. His failure in, and retreat
from, Bohemia, 231. His successes over the
Austrians in 1745, 234. Concludes the peace
of Dresden, 234. Refuses to hand over
Neufchatel to Madame de Pompadour, 262.
Discovers the Austro-French treaty, 262, 263.
Concludes an alliance with England, 265.
Number of his enemies, 266. Takes the
field, 266. Occupies Dresden, 266. Marches
into Bohemia, and defeats the Austrians at
Lobositz, 267. Compels the Saxon army to
surrender, 267. His dominions on the Rhine
and in Westphalia occupied by the French,
269. Defeats the Austrians before Prague,
269. But is defeated by them under Daun,
269, 270. Retreats into Saxony, 270. Ca-
pitulation of the Duke of Cumberland at
Kloster-Seven, 270. Repulse of his eastern
army at Jägerndorf, 270. Defeats the French
and Germans at Rosbach, 271. And the
Austrians at Leuthen, 272. His troops de-
feated at Lutterberg, 278. Transfers the
seat of war to Moravia, 279. Fails to take
Olmütz, 279. Defeats the Russians at Zorn-
dorf, 279. But defeated by them at Kuners-
dorf, 280. Loses Dresden, 280. Low ebb
of his fortunes, 280. Defeats Daun at Tor-
gau, 280. His desire for peace, 281. Learns
that England proposes to make peace with
Austria, 286. His English subsidy with-
drawn, 286. Captures Schweidnitz, 287.
End of the Seven Years' War, 288, 289.
His contempt of religious bigotry, and denial
of religious sentiment, 289. His adoption
of Voltaire, 289. Refuses Pitt's request to
form an alliance of the North, 313. Becomes
the plotter and accomplisher of the partition
of Poland, 315. His arrangements with the
Emperor at Neustadt, 317. Goes to war
with Austria for the integrity of Bavaria,
373. His death, 392. His tomb visited by
Napoleon V., 131

Frederick William II., King of Prussia, invades
Holland, iv. 393

Frederick William III., King of Prussia, vacil-
lating conduct of, v. 127. Spoliation of, 138.
Frederick, King of Naples, when duke, lands
an army at Rapallo, ii. 382. Defeated
there by the Duke of Orleans, 382. Sur-
renders his kingdom for the duchy of Anjou,

412

Frederick Augustus I., King of Poland, his
death, iv. 201

Frederick Augustus II., King of Poland, iv.
201. His claim supported by the Emperor,
202. Seated on the throne by the Russians,
203. Secured by the peace of Vienna, 206.
His neglect of his Saxon dominions, 221

FUR

Frederick II., King of Sicily, his election, i
301, 302. His kingdom invaded by Charles
of Valois, who is compelled to return to
France, 317

Frederick, Prince, leads the Dutch against
Brussels, v. 427

Frederick of Austria joins Conradin, i. 256.
Defeated and executed by Charles of Anjou,
256, 257

Frederick, a duke in Lorraine, i. 62. Becomes
its duke, 63

Frederick Augustus I., duke of Saxony, signs
the peace of Utrecht, iv. 116
Frederick, Count of Verdun, his pilgrimage to
the Holy Land, i. 101

Fremont, General, establishes government of
Ferdinand I. of Naples, v. 309

French language, formation and perfection of
the, i. 90

Fréron, his atrocities at Marseilles, iv. 623,
625. And at Toulon, 625

Frey, La, Buonaparte's conduct at, v. 244
Freyburg, besieged and taken by Villars, iv.
118. Restored, 119

Freys, the, trial and execution of, iv. 642–644
Freytag, General, attacked by Houchard, it.
615, 616

Friars, Mendicant. See Monks
Friedland, battle of, v. 137
Frisons, yearly expeditions of Pepin of Hers
tal against the, i. 13. Conquests of Charles
Martel over the, 17

Frobisher, Admiral, his death, iii. 321
Fronde, commencement of the, iii. 587. Treaty
of Ruel, and termination of the first war
the Fronde, 597. The multitudinous par-
phlets of the Fronde, 612, note. End of the
Fronde, 630. Meaning of the name, 631.
Banishment of the leaders, 632

Fronsac, castle of, fortified and garrisoned by
Pepin the Bref, i. 20. Repaired by Charle
magne, 23. The settlement of the questio
of Fronsac left to Philip the Fair, 305
Fructidor, 18th of, revolution of, v. 36
Fuenterabia, failure of Louis XII. to take, i
418. Reduced by the Spaniards, 478. Take
by the French, iv. 155

Fuentes, Count de, Spanish general, endeavors
to take Ham, iii. 316. Captures Le Castel
316. And lays siege to Dourlens, 316. D-
feats the French near the town, 316. Besieg
and takes Cambray, 317
Fuentes, battles of, v. 178, 206
Fulques, Archbishop of Rheims, rears Charl
the Simple, i. 51. Whom he proclaims ki
52. Slain, 54

Fumel, the seigneur, put to death, iii. 47
Furnes taken by Count Robert of Artois,
314. Death of the grandson of Guy &
Dampierre at, 326. Acquired by Franc
iii. 667. Ceded to Holland, iv. 116

FUR

Furstenberg, Prince of, arrested by the Im-
perialists, iii. 687
Furstenberg, Bishop of Strasburg, helps Louis
XIV. to seize Strasburg, iv. 24. Design of
Louis to raise him to the archbishopric of
Cologne, 29. Abandonment of his claim, 62
Fivizzano, taken by Charles VIII., and its gar-
rison put to the sword, ii. 383

NABELLE, the, taken off by Philip the Long,

G

i. 376. Insurrection in the West on the
subject of the salt duties, ii. 599. Burdens
on the, in 1626, iii. 470. The tax in 1774,
iv. 338. Enquiries of Necker into its opera-
tion, 362. Repeal of the, 470. Clamour
against it, 611. Abolished, 616
Gaeta, surrender of the French at the fortress
of, to the Spaniards, ii. 418
Gaillard, Château, besieged, i. 164. And
taken by Philip Augustus, 164
Gaillon taken by the Duke of Bedford, ii. 149
Galigai, Eleanor, favourite of Marie de

Medicis, iii. 387. Her rapacity, 389. Murder
of her husband, 414. Pillaged, and sent to
prison, 415. Her trial and execution, 417
Galissonnière, La, sails for Minorca, and de-
feats Byng, iv. 264

The

Gall, St., his mission to the Franks, i. 17
Gallants of the court of Henry III., iii. 191
Gallican Church, speech of Pierre Flotte
on the evil designs of the Church of Rome
against the, i. 323. The Church consolidates
its independence, and emancipates itself from
Rome, ii. 76. Rapacity of the crown in
exercising the right of patronage, 76. Pub-
lication of an edict forbidding the conferring
of benefices upon foreigners, 217.
Pragmatic Sanction abrogated, 257. Coun-
cil of the Church summoned at Tours, 431.
Confiscation of its elective privileges, 459.
Church bull of Innocent X., infringing the
liberties of the, iii. 579. Declaration of its
independence drawn up by Bossuet, iv. 13.
This profession of independence retracted by
Louis XIV., 58. See Assembly, &c.; Conven-
tion; Directory; Napoleon I., &c.
Galway, Lord, defeated at Almanza, iv. 98
Game laws of the Normans, i. 82. And of the
Kings of France, 82

Ganneron, M., declares the Ordonnances legal,
v. 392. Minister of commerce, 525
Garat, home minister, quiets fears of the Con-
vention, iv. 581. Expostulates with Danton,
586

Garde Nationale Mobile, enrolled, v. 421, 607.
Under Clary, puts down the Socialist insur-
rection, 622. Arrests the Committee of
Government, 622.

Garde Meuble, plundered by the communes,
iv. 520, 530

GAS

Garde des Sceaux, new law of sacrilege pro-
posed by, v. 342, 343

Garganus, Mount, pilgrimages to, i. 85
Garibaldi, Giuseppe, heads a democratic insur-
rection at Rome, v. 639. Defeats General
Oudinot, 640. Concludes an armistice, 640.
Defends Rome, and at length withdraws with
Mazzini, 641

Garnier-Pagès, M., and his History of the
Revolution, his statement as to Bugeaud's
suspension of hostilities, v. 591. Becomes a
member of the Provisional Government, 596.
Installed as mayor, 605. Becomes minister
of finance, 611. His tax on landed pro-
prietors, 611, 612. Appointed one of the
New Republican ministry, 618

Garter, Order of the, instituted, i. 420, 445
Gascony, appeals from, to the French court, i.
305. Losses of the French in Upper, 420.
Ravages of the Black Prince in, 454. Dis-
affection of the Gascon nobles to him, 517,
519. Whose followers and friends are
bought up by the King of France, 519. Sur-
render of nearly all the towns to the French,
541. Attacked by the French, ii. 228. And
all the towns taken from the English, 229,
230. Impatience of the people under the
French yoke, 229. Reduction of the mal-
contents by Charles VIII., 366
Gasparin, M., remonstrates against possession
of Otaheite, v. 557

Gassion, Colonel (afterwards Marshal), his
answer to Richelieu, iii. 550. At the battle
of Rocroy, 557. Killed in Flanders, 573
Gastines, Cross of, demolished, iii. 120
Gaston, Duke of Orleans, younger son of Henry
IV., his quarrel with his brother, Louis XIII.,
iii. 464. Heads an opposition to Richelieu,
465. His favourite, Marshal Ornano, arrested,
464, 465. Reveals a plot of his friends to mur-
der Richelieu, 466. Marries the Princess of
Montpensier, 466. Thwarted in his designs
of marriage, 486. Retires to Lorraine, 487.
Defies Richelieu in his own palace, and
withdraws from court, 501. Flies into
Flanders, 501. Craves aid from the Span-
iards to enable him to invade France, 506.
Joins Montmorency, 506. Defeated by
Schomberg at Castelnaudary, 509. Enticed
to return and be reconciled to the King, 511.
Made governor of Auvergne, 512. Joins a
plot to assassinate Richelieu, 514, 527. His
part in a conspiracy against Richelieu, 535,
536. Confesses his guilt 539. Appointed
lieutenant-general of the kingdom, 543.
Reduces Gravelines, 570. Invades Flanders,
572. Endeavours to make peace between
the Court and Parliament, 584. Attends the
sittings of Parliament, 591. Joins the
Prince of Condé in the investment of Paris,
595. Returns with the court to the city,

598.

GAU

Obtains the lieutenant-governorship
of the North, 602. Pressed by Parliament
to propose terms of peace, 602. Influenced
by De Retz, he turns against Mazarin, 603,
604. Orders the commanders of regiments
to obey him, and not Mazarin, 605. Refuses
to come to court without Condé, 605. His
anger with Condé, 608. Whom he after-
wards joins with several regiments, 618.
The city of Orleans held by his daughter,
618. Makes overtures for peace with the
King, 621. His indecision, or cowardice, in
the struggle between Condé and the Royalists
in the streets of Paris, 624. Bravery of his
daughter, 624. Re-appointed lieutenant-
general by parliament, 628. Makes his sub-
mission to the King, and retires to Blois, 629
Gaudin, finance minister, v. 75. His mea-
sures, 75, 76

Gaul. See France.

Gauls, how treated by the Burgundians on the
Saône, and by the Goths on the Garonne, i. 3
Gaultier sans Avoir, leads an army of Crusaders
to Asia, i. 105

Gautiers, insurrection of the, iii. 240
Gavre, battle of, ii. 240

Gaza, battle of, i. 227

Gelasius II., Pope, driven from Rome by the
Emperor Henry V., i. 124. His death at
Cluny, 124

Gem, Prince, brother of the Sultan Bajazet,
ii. 384

Geneva, endeavours of Charles III. of Savoy to
crush, ii. 534. The doctrines of the Re-
formation publicly adopted and proclaimed
at, 534. Aided by Francis I., 534-535.
Arrangements of France, Savoy, and Spain
to destroy, 647. Attempt of the Duke of
Savoy to take, iii. 275. The Duke of Savoy's
fortress of St. Catherine near the city rased
by the French, 349. Renewal of the Duke
of Savoy's attempt, 389, 397. See Napoleon
I. and III.; Convention; Directory.
Genghis Khan, his invasion of Poland and
Hungary, i. 218

Génie, M., corruption of, v. 576

Genlis, partisan of Admiral Coligny, com-
mands volunteers to support Mons, iii. 129.
Defeated and made prisoner by Alva, 130.
Genoa, French influence in, at the end of the
fifteenth century, ii. 403. Voluntarily hoists
French colours, 405. Reception of Louis
XII. and Cæsar Borgia at, 416. Revolt
against the French, 423. Who compel it to
surrender, 424. Reverses of the French
faction, 437. Lost to the French, 439.
Again recognises French sovereignty, 457.
Blockaded by the Venetian and French fleets
under Navarro, 496. Proposal of Francis I.
to supersede it by Savona, 503. Which has
its fortifications razed, 504. Formally de-

GEO

manded of the Emperor by Francis L, 533.
Promised by the Pope to the second son of
Francis I., 526. Failure of an expedition
from France and Savoy against, iii. 453.
Bombarded by Louis XIV., iv. 27. Sur-
renders to the Austrians, 236. Revolution
against them, 237. The consequent siege,
238. Finale restored to, 245, 246. Massena's
surrender at, v. 84. See Napoleon I.
Genoese Fleet, hired by Philip the Fair against
the Flemings, i. 333. Who are defeated,
and Guy de Namur taken prisoner, 333.
Buonaparte's advice to the Genoese, v. 33
Gensonné becomes member of the Legislative
Assembly, iv. 467. Draws up the reports
on La Vendée, 470. Writes a letter to Bore
proposing overtures to the King, 504. Votes
the withdrawment of the Fédérés, 507.
His trial and execution, 619, 620

Gent, M., defends M. Lacrosse against the
Socialists, v. 642

Gentien, Benoit, his harangue at the meeting
of the Estates, ii. 90

Gentilly burned by Sir Robert Knollis, i. 526.
Geoffrey, or Foulques, of Anjou. See Foulques.
Geoffrey II., Duke of Burgundy, the French in

the Third Crusade entrusted to the command
of, i. 159

Geoffrey of Charney, his endeavours to gain
Calais, i. 438. Defeated by Edward III.
and the Black Prince, 438

Geoffrey Plantagenet, his jealousy of his
brother, Henry II. of England, i. 142.
Breaks into open war, but crushed by Henry,
142. Becomes duke of Nantes, 143. His
death, 143. Does homage to Louis VII. for
Britanny, 146

Geoffrey Martel, Count of Anjou, his power
and extent of his possessions, i. 90. Defeats
the sons of Eudes of Champagne, and obtairs
Touraine in recompense, 91. Invades Nor
mandy, and seizes Domfront, 91. Besieged
there by Duke William, 91

George I., King of England, when electoral
prince at the battle of Oudenarde, iv. 100.
His accession to the English throne, 131.
His anger at the expedition of the Pretender,
145. Concludes an alliance with France and
Holland, 148. League of Sweden, Russia, and
Spain, against him, 151. Joins France, and
declares war against Spain, 154. Declared
a governor of the South Sea Company, 182
George II., King of England, agrees to the
terms of the Pragmatic Sanction, iv. 20%.
His defeat of the French at Dettingen, 226
227. Crosses the Rhine, and joins the
Dutch at Worms, 228. Preparations fr
invading England and dethroning him, 225.
Detaches Sardinia from France and Spait.
228. Concludes a treaty with Saxony, 229
Spurns peace with France, 244.

But even-

GEO

tually agrees to peace, 245. Ingratitude of
Maria Theresa to him, 261, 265. Repu-
diated by all his old allies, and turns to
Frederick the Great, 265. With whom he
signs a treaty of alliance, 265. Sends troops
for the defence of his electorate, 266. For
which he endeavours to obtain neutrality,
270. His death, 283

George III., his accession, iv. 283.

Re-

His adop-
tion of Bute's policy of peace, 283. See
Convention; Directory; Napoleon I.; Louis
XVIII
George IV., King of England, when Prince
Regent, urges Prince Lieven to extreme
measures, v. 224. See Convention; Directory;
Napoleon I.; Louis XVIII.; Charles X.
Gerard, Bishop of Cambray, his mode of treat-
ing the people of his government, i. 99
Gerard, Marshal, takes command of the troops,
v. 403. Becomes war minister, 421.
signs, 424. Heads the army for Belgium,
447. Besieges Antwerp, 476. Becomes
president of the council, 487. Adopts the
rallying word of the Tiers parti, 487. Re-
signs, 487. Ordered to occupy Paris with
the army, 584. Countermanded by Duchatel,
585. Shows the King's abdication, 594
Gerberga, sister of the Emperor Otho, married
to King Louis d'Outremer, i. 57. Her in-
fluence over King Lothaire, 61
Gerbert, brought to Rheims by Archbishop
Adalbero, i. 63. Sent to Paris by Hugh
Capet, 63. Educates Robert, son of Hugh
Capet, 63, 80. Elected archbishop of
Rheims, 80. His election declared by the
Pope to be void, 80. Sketch of his life, 80.
Attains the pontificate as Silvester II., 80.
Recommends armed European resistance to
the Mussulmans, 102

Gergeau, assembly of Huguenots at, iii. 362
Germain l'Auxerrois, St., church of, in Paris,
rebuilt, i. 82. Destruction of, by the Paris
mob, v. 436

Germain des Prés, St., burned, i. 488
Germain-en-Laye, St., royal residence of,
burned by the Black Prince, i. 424
Germain's, St., assembly of, iii. 49. An as-
sembly of notables summoned by Catherine
de Medicis at, 156. Treaty of, 111
Germain's St., Count of, war minister, iv. 348
Germans, Irish, Celtic, and Anglo-Saxon mis-

sionaries to the, i. 71. Their superiority in
war to the races west of the Rhine, 41
Germany, in the eleventh century, compared
with France, i. 17. Rivalry of the emperors
and popes, and effects of the strife even at
the present day, 129. Quarrels respecting
the succession to the empire, 162. Condi-
tion of the empire at the early part of the
fourteenth century, 373. Establishes its
- independence of Rome by positive legisla-

GHE

tion, 398. The political destiny of Germany
contrasted with that of England and France,
ii. 215. State of, in the middle of the fif-
teenth century, 215. Relations between
France and Germany in the middle of the
fifteenth century, 216. German mercenaries
introduced into the French army, 340.
Agitation caused by the preaching of Luther,
467. War between the Protestants and
Catholics kindled, iii. 426. Alarm and pre-
cautions of Germany at the danger to Hol-
land from England and France, 675. Rapine
organised by Louis XIV., iv. 34. Neglect
of the duty of Germany towards Poland, 314.
For subsequent history of Germany refer to
Convention; Directory; Napoleon I. and
III., &c.

Gerona besieged by Philip the Hardy, i. 294.
Surrenders, 295. Captured by the Duke de
Noailles, iv. 48
Gerson, John, his character and abilities, ii.
73. His endeavours to establish or restore
representative government in the Church, 73.
Refuses to pay taxes, and takes refuge in the
steeple of Notre Dame, 98. Denies the su-
preme power and infallibility of the Pope,
104.

His ideas of an universal church, 105.
His rancour against Huss, 106. Fails to
obtain sentence of the Council of Constance
against Jean Petit, 106. Failure of his efforts
to obtain Church reform, 107, 108. With-
draws to monastic life, 108, note. His talents
and errors, 141

Gertruydenberg, conferences of, iv. 104. Cap-
tured, 562

Ghent invaded by the Normans, i. 46. The
combatants of, in the time of Philip Augustus,
153. Reduced by Philip Augustus, 188.
Occupied by the allies of the Count of
Flanders, 314. Refuses to join the insur-
rection against France, 326. Deserts its
Count, 372. Its French leanings, 379. Causes
of this, 387. The people true to Count Louis
and France, 390. Rise of the people under
James Arteveld, 400. Murder of Arteveld,
421. Rebellion against the Count of Flanders,
ii. 15, 16. Besieged by the count, 19. March
of the people under Von Arteveld to Bruges,
which they take, and compel the Count to
fly, 20, 21. Refusal of the town to acknow-
ledge the Duke of Burgundy as count, 35.
Submission of the Ghenters to the duke, 36.
March of the citizens to assist at the siege
of Calais, under Philip III. of Burgundy,
193. Return home disheartened, 194.
fusal of the people to pay the gabelle to the
Duke of Burgundy, 238. Who defeats them
at the battle of Gavre, 240. Its resistance
to the yoke of Burgundy, 278. The Count
of Charolais's peril in Ghent, 283. Submits
to Charles the Rash, 287. Restoration of

Re-

GIA

the ancient rights of the Flemish towns by
Mary of Burgundy at, 330. An embassy
sent by the city to Louis XI. of France, 331.
Maximilian, King of the Romans, seized by
the people, 369. Revolt of the citizens, 544.
Their offer to Francis I., 544, 545. The
Emperor's punishment of them, 546. Be-
sieged and taken by Louis XIV., iii. 698.
Declares against France, iv. 95. Surprised
by the French, 100. Taken by the Duke of
Ormond, 115. Captured by Louis XIV., 233
Giac, favourite of Charles VII., put to death by
the Constable, ii. 153

Gibraltar, captured by the English, iv. 93.
Proposed cession of, to Spain, 174. The
cession afterwards declined, 174, 175. Com-
pact for wresting it, if necessary, from Eng-
land, 193. Besieged, but the siege aban-
doned, 199. Besieged by Spain, 358
Gié, Marshal, seizes Anne of Brittany's jewels,
ii. 420. His punishment, 420
Ginevra, Mont, crossed by Charles VIII., ii. 381
Giralda, dame of Lavaur, put to death, i. 181
Girardin, M. Emile de, accuses the ministry of
corruption, v. 576. Demands the abdication
of the King, 594. Arrested, 632
Girondists and Gironde, compose the majority of
the Legislative Assembly, iv. 467. Character
and ability of its members, 467. Their ob-
jects as legislators, 468. Their confidence in
Count Narbonne, 473, 477. Brissot, and his
influence, 474, et seq. Concoct the Austrian
despatch, 477. De Moleville attempts to
bribe, 478. Prosecute De Moleville and
Delessert, 478, 479. Roland and others of
their party chosen by the King as ministers,
481. Their character unfits them for go-
vernment, 482. Distrusted by Dumouriez,
482. Dumouriez recommends their alliance
with Danton, 483. They dislike Dumouriez,
483. Suspect the King, 485. Celebrate
liberation of Swiss soldiers, 485. Their
ministers distrusted by the King, 486. Ro-
land's letter to the King, 487. Servan's pro-
position for a camp at Paris, 487. Smother
their sympathy for the King, 489. Insur-
rection of the Faubourg St. Antoine, 490 et
seq. Encourage the arrival of the Fédérés
of the South, 497. Cause the massacres at
Avignon, 498. Arraign Louis XVI. and his
measures, 499. Reconciliation of parties in
the Assembly, 500. Dethronement of the
King demanded, 500, 503. Camp of the
Federals, 502. Change in their sentiments
and aims, 503. Voting the adjournment for
the King's dethronement, they are execrated
by the Jacobins, 504. Make overtures to the
King, 504. Warn the King of approaching
insurrection, 504. Denounced by the Moun-
tain, 504. Their temporising policy to sus-
pend the King, 505. Manifesto of the Duke

GIR

of Brunswick precipitates measures, 505.
Propose suspension of the King, and the suc-
cession of the Dauphin, 506, 508. Insurree-
tion of the 9th of August, 509, et
seq. Pro-
mise protection and safety to the King, 514.
Dethrone and imprison the King and royal
family, 514, 515. Do not despair of pre-
serving and raising the monarchy, 517.
Their measures and propositions for govern
ment, 518. Appoint their new ministry, 518.
Their humane measures for the King counter-
acted by the Jacobins, 519. Intimidated 'y
Robespierre and Marat, 519. Placed in the
category of suspects by Robespierre, 513.
Propose retiring to the south of France, 523.
Massacres at the prisons, 524, 525. Massacre
at Versailles, and their inability to prevent,
530. With other parties in the Assembly
merge into the Convention, 518-535. lis
fate anticipated by Vergniaud, 536. De-
nounced by Robespierre, 537. Move a Com-
mission of Safety, 538, 539. Accuse Robes-
pierre and Marat before the Convention,
540, et seq. Their fate foretold by Damot-
riez, 544. Fail in their measures, 545. Pro-
posed trial and death of Louis XVI., 546.
Endeavour to save his life, 551. Propose an
appeal to the people, 552. Their letter të

Boze counselling Louis XVI. disclosed, 554
Their vote seals fate of the King, 554
Clamour for a general war, 558. Their so-
periority in the Convention, 561. Contend
with the Montagnards at Lyons, 565. Pr
test against a revolutionary tribunal, 566.
Their expulsion demanded by the Mountair,
566. Proposed assassination of, 567. Their
press destroyed, 568. Comité de Salut Pute
formed, 570. Decline the alliance of Danton,
who denounces them, 573. With the Moun
tain place the Orleanists under arrest, 574.
Twenty of its ablest members demanded as
a sacrifice, 574. Petitions for their prosenp-
tion, 577. Violent proceedings of Robespierrs
against, 581. Close the sittings of the A--
sembly, but their places occupied by the
Sections, 582. Their proceedings undone by
the Mountain and Sections, 582. Insurrec
tion of May 31, 584. Prosecution of twenty-
two Girondists demanded, 585. Commute
demand twenty-seven heads, 586. Over
thrown by Mountain, 589, 590. Retreat of
some members of, to Caen, who organise 1
insurrection under General Wimpfen, 59%
Their army defeated at Evreux, 594. A-
vised by Wimpfen to make common ears
with the Vendeans, 594. Retreat to Gironde.
595. Measures adopted against, 618. Ther
trials and executions, 619, et seq. Proposa
to restore survivors of the, to the Conventi...”.
665, 666. Again admitted into the Assembly.
and join the Thermidorians, 667, 668.