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9 October 1793: The Fall of Lyon

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Paris, 20th of the 1st month, Year II of the Republic [October 11, 1793]

Republicans,

The army of the Republic has entered in triumph into Lyons. Traitors and rebels have been cut to pieces. The standard of liberty floats upon and purifies the city’s walls. See in it a presage of your victory.

Victory belongs to courage. It is yours. Strike, exterminate the satellites of tyrants. Cowards! They have never known how to conquer by force or by valor, but only by the treasons that they have bought. They are covered by your blood, and still more by that of your wives and children. Strike! Let none escape from your just vengeance. Your country watches you, the Convention supports your generous devotion. In a few days tyrants will be no more, and the Republic will owe to you its happiness and its glory. Vive la Republique!

Herault, Collot d'Herbois, Billaud-Varenne, B. Barère, Saint-Just, Robespierre.

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The Twelve Who Ruled (R. R. Palmer), p. 101

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