
6.05- The Barricades
Revolutions
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The Battle of the East End of Paris
The first column had gotten a message back through the line to request immediate reinforcements. So the marshal dispatched a company of royal guards and a company of swiss guards. But paris was now a brutal maze of traps. The royal guard proceeded down a street, but soon ran into a barricade. When they turned round to find an alternate route, they found a barricade behind them too. And that is when things got really bad for column number three. It's safe to say that within just a few hours, this three column attempt to pacify paris had turned into a complete disaster.
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