Jacques Couton - A History of the French Revolution

Couton was a tireless speaker against reprieves, against appeals and against compromises of any kind. When the federalists inside leon refused to surrender, the committee decided it needed one of its members to personally insure they did not get away with defying paris. He spent most of september in his home department, which is about 70 miles west of leon, raising men, money and supplies to successfully prosecute the siege. And then in early october, he finally made his over to the transigent second city of france. Leon had been getting bombarded with cannons for two months now, and its fortifications were crumbling.