She was the first prominent Girondin to be incarcerated. He participated to the Constitution Committee that drafted the Girondin constitutional project. He subsequentially participated in the Constitutional Committee in drafting the Girondin constitutional project. The defeated Girondin leaders fled to the provinces. Some elements of the Girondin party believed they could use the king as figurehead. However, he was further upset when word came that Brissot, the Girondin leader, was executed. A number of Girondin politicians, including Buzot, managed to escape from Paris. On 24 October 1793 the trial began of those Girondin/Federalist leaders who had been captured. The demonstrators hoped that the king would withdraw his veto and recall the "Girondin" ministers. The Bretons decided to go home, taking with them the Girondin leaders from Caen. Under the Girondin ministry, on 20 April 1792, war was declared against Austria. The Girondin sections demanded a revolutionary tribunal which the Jacobins did not control. On June 10, 1792, Louis XVI sacked Jean-Marie Roland and the two other Girondin ministers. The Girondin insurrection now prompted it to take a decisive step in the same direction.