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but they were defeated and put down by fire and sword, and at Nantes an immense number of executions took place, chiefly by drowning. BUT THEY WERE DEFEATED AND PUT DOWN BY FIRE AND SWORD AND AT NIGHT AN IMMENSE NUMBER OF EXECUTIONS TOOK PLACE CHIEFLY BY DROWNING
 by the forces of Germany, only made matters worse. There was such a dread of the old oppressions coming back, that the peasants were ready to fight to the death against the return of the nobles. The army, where promotion used to go by rank instead of merit, were so glad of the change, that they were full of fresh spirit, and repulsed the army of Germans and emigrants all along the frontier. The city of Lyons, which had tried to resist the changes, was taken, and frightfully used by Collot d'Herbois, a member of the Committee of Public Safety. The guillotine was too slow for him, and he had the people mown down with grape-shot, declaring that of this great city nothing should be left but a monument inscribed, "Lyons resisted liberty--Lyons is no more!" In La Vendée--a district of Anjou, where the peasants were much attached to their clergy and nobles--they rose and gained such successes, that they dreamt for a little while of rescuing and restoring the little captive son of Louis XVI.; G ON FRANCE ASSISTED BY THE FORCES OF GERMANY ONLY MADE MATTERS WORSE THERE WAS SUCH A DREAD OF THE OLD OPPRESSIONS COMING BACK THAT THE PEASANTS WERE READY TO FIGHT TO THE DEATH AGAINST THE RETURN OF THE NOBLES THE ARMY WHERE PROMOTION USED TO GO BY RANK INSTEAD OF MERIT WAS SO GLAD OF THE CHANGE THAT THEY WERE FULL OF FRESH SPIRIT AND REPULSED THE ARMY OF GERMANS AND EMIGRANTS ALL ALONG THE FRONTIER THE CITY OF LEON WHICH HAD TRIED TO RESIST THE CHANGES WAS TAKEN AND FRIGHTFULLY USED BY COURLOU D'AR BOIS A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY THE GUILLOTINE WAS TOO SLOW FOR HIM AND HE HAD THE PEOPLE MOWN DOWN WITH GRAPE SHOT DECLARING THAT OF THIS GREAT CITY NOTHING SHOULD BE LEFT BUT A MONUMENT INSCRIBED LEON RESISTED LIBERTY LEON IS NO MORE IN LA VENDEE A DISTRICT OF ANJOU WHERE THE PEASANTS WERE MUCH ATTACHED TO THEIR CLERGY AND NOBLES THEY ROSE AND GAINED SUCH SUCCESSES THAT THEY DREAMT FOR A LITTLE WHILE OF RESCUING AND RESTORING THE LITTLE CAPTIVE SON OF LOUIS THE SIXTEENTH
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