The September Massacres, 1792
(The dark side of the Revolution!)
(The dark side of the Revolution!)
MRumors that the
anti-revolutionary political prisoners were plotting to break out & attack from
the rear the armies
defending France, while the Prussians attacked from the front.
MBuveurs de sang [“drinkers of blood.”]ŕ over
1000 killed!
MIt
discredited the Revolution among its remaining sympathizers
abroad.