The Red Cap of Liberty

De mourier was a career soldier and veteran of the seven years war. His alliance with briseau and the girondens were not based on any real shared political principles. By the end of march, austria learned their belligerents had backfired. And that the french war party had pushed its way into power. So in the middle of april, they moved 50 thousand troops into position along the border. And it was clearly now just a matter of when, not if, the war would commence.