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8.8- The Bloody Week

Revolutions

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A History of the Versailles Army

Rigo's right hand man was a guy named theophile ferre. He signed an order saying that six more hostages should be killed, without explicitly naming which ones. The archbishop of paris along with five other senior members of the church were lined up against the wall and shot dead. Meanwhile, de la cluse sent out further orders to small companies of a hundred to a hundred and 50 men who would be their new fire bearers. These guys would target and set fire to various churches, various theatres, the lison doner and the council of state.

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