13 Vendémiaire
Contents
6 sections · tap a section for its opening lines1The Roots of the Royalist Uprising
To fully grasp the intense ferocity of the royalist assault on this street, we must first look beyond the borders of Paris to the rural western provinces of France. The revolutionary government's strongly anti Catholic policies…
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As the massive royalist army of thirty thousand men aggressively mobilized in the streets surrounding this church, the terrified members of the National Convention barricaded themselves inside the nearby Twee-luh-ree Palace. They…
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That young artillery officer was, of course, Napoleon Bonaparte. He arrived at the chaotic headquarters of the desperately besieged convention and was frantically ordered to immediately join the rapidly deteriorating defense. …
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To execute his brutal defensive strategy, Bonaparte urgently required cannons. He immediately ordered an aggressive young cavalry sub lieutenant named Joachim Moo-rah to ride at breakneck speed to the nearby plain of Sab-lon and…
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As the clock struck ten in the morning, the massive royalist assault finally commenced. The defending republican forces were terrifyingly outnumbered by approximately six to one. …
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The immediate aftermath of the horrific slaughter was intensely macabre. Around three hundred royalist insurgents lay dead or dying horribly upon the bloody cobblestones of the Parisian streets. …
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What is 13 Vendémiaire?
13 Vendémiaire is a place with 6 story sections on Tellby. You can read the opening of each section on this page; the sound plays in the app.
| Type | Content |
|---|---|
| Story sections | 6 |
| Text language | English |
| Coordinates | 48.8623, 2.3354 |
| Last updated |
