The Battle of Marseilles in 1792

The day after the co ordinating committee was established, a bomb was dropped on paris that sealed the fate of the french monarchy. From his headquarters just beyond the border, the duke of brunswick issued the instantly infamous 'brunswick manifesto' The men from marseilles turned out to be a particularly eager bunch their home city down on the mediterranean coast had become something of a regional hub for patriotic revolutionaries. They sent armed units to help the annexationists seize control of avignon. Then they identified the nearby city of arle as the centre of revolutionary activity and sent out a six thousand man expeditionary force to lay siege to it. And when they came into the capital