Annals of the French Revolution : Or a Chronological Account of Its Principal Events : With a Variety of Anecdotes And Characters Hitherto Unpublished
Annals of the French Revolution : Or a Chronological Account of Its Principal Events : With a Variety of Anecdotes And Characters Hitherto Unpublished
John Boyd Thacher Collection (Library of Congress) Dlc
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While the Executive Council were con- certing with Dumourier on the new organi* zation of the Staff of the army. General Clairfaye^ at the head of 6,000 men at- tacked Longwy. This fortrefs, one of the keys of France, was defended by a garrifon of more than 2,60a men, and 38 pieces of can* non, and was abundantly provided with mor- tars, bombs, balls, ammunition, and ftores of every kind, yet it capitulated on the 23d of Auguft, Digitized by Googlt Aug. 179'.] FRBNCH RBTOLtrriON. 307 Auguft, af...ter a fortnight's bombardment, although the breach made was not pradica-^ ble, and only eight men and fix women had been killed by the burfting of the Ihelk. The Commandant of the Fort, La Vergne, being urged by the Adminiftrative Bodies and the townfmen to furrcnder, yielded to their entreaties, and retired with the garri- fon to Verdun, where there was a confider- able depot of provifions and military ftores# On the fame day all the National cockades at Longwy difappeared, none but white ones were fecn there, nor any fhouts heard but that of Vive le Rot.
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