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The insurrection of 10 August 1792 was a defining event of the French Revolution, when armed revolutionaries in Paris, increasingly in conflict with the French monarchy, stormed the Tuileries Palace. The conflict led France to abolish the monarchy and establish a republic .
The guards are positioned during the nights of 9 August to 10 August in various posts. The Filles de Saint Thomas Battalion is stationed near the flag of Marsan of the national grenadiers, on the first floor of the Grande Galerie in two rows, one facing the Seine and the other towards the court of the Princes. The gunners are located in the ...
The assault on the Tuileries on 10 August 1792.The defence in the palace became disorganised after Galiot Mandat de Grancey was shot. Antoine Jean Galiot Mandat (7 May 1731, in the outskirts of Paris – 10 August 1792, on the steps of the Hôtel de Ville, Paris), known as the Marquis de Mandat, was a French nobleman, general and politician.
The day 23 August 1793 would become a historic one in military history; on that date the National Convention called a levée en masse, or mass conscription, for the first time in human history. By summer of the following year, conscription made some 500,000 men available for service and the French began to deal blows to their European enemies. [32]
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10 August: Storming of the Tuileries (Musée de la Révolution française) 10 August – French Revolution: Insurrection of 10 August 1792 – The Tuileries Palace is stormed and Louis XVI of France is arrested and taken into custody. 20 August – War of the First Coalition: Battle of Verdun – Prussia defeats France, opening a route to Paris ...
In August 1792, Chaumette became the Chief Procurator of the Commune of Paris. As member of the Commune during the insurrection of 10 August 1792, he was delegated to visit the prisons, with full power to arrest suspects. On 31 October 1792, he was elected President of the Commune and was re-elected in the Municipal on 2 December of that same year.