Nancy Affair
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The Nancy affair was the crushing of a military mutiny in Revolutionary France
on 31 August 1790. French Army
forces under the command of General François Claude de Bouillé entered the city of Nancy in northeastern France
, where troops garrisoned their had been protesting about pay, and questioning the loyalty of their commanding officers. Although most of the mutinous troops had decided not to resist de Bouillé's entry into the city, some did. In the ensuing battle, soldiers on both sides were killed, along with a number of civilians. De Bouillé hanged 22 mutineers in the aftermath. The French National Assembly approved of de Bouillé's actions, but radicals protested its severity.
The officer Antoine-Joseph-Marc Désilles died in it and the city's Porte Désilles
is named after him. De Bouillé, a committed Royalist, was later a leading force in Louis XVI's
attempted flight to Varennes
.
French Revolution
The French Revolution , sometimes distinguished as the 'Great French Revolution' , was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France and Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years...
on 31 August 1790. French Army
French Army
The French Army, officially the Armée de Terre , is the land-based and largest component of the French Armed Forces.As of 2010, the army employs 123,100 regulars, 18,350 part-time reservists and 7,700 Legionnaires. All soldiers are professionals, following the suspension of conscription, voted in...
forces under the command of General François Claude de Bouillé entered the city of Nancy in northeastern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, where troops garrisoned their had been protesting about pay, and questioning the loyalty of their commanding officers. Although most of the mutinous troops had decided not to resist de Bouillé's entry into the city, some did. In the ensuing battle, soldiers on both sides were killed, along with a number of civilians. De Bouillé hanged 22 mutineers in the aftermath. The French National Assembly approved of de Bouillé's actions, but radicals protested its severity.
The officer Antoine-Joseph-Marc Désilles died in it and the city's Porte Désilles
Porte Désilles
The porte Désilles is a triumphal arch in the French city of Nancy. It is located on place du Luxembourg, on the northern extension of cours Léopold and the esplanade du Souvenir-Français, at the junction of rue Désilles, rue de Metz and rue de la Craffe...
is named after him. De Bouillé, a committed Royalist, was later a leading force in Louis XVI's
Louis XVI of France
Louis XVI was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and Navarre until 1791, and then as King of the French from 1791 to 1792, before being executed in 1793....
attempted flight to Varennes
Flight to Varennes
The Flight to Varennes was a significant episode in the French Revolution during which King Louis XVI of France, his wife Marie Antoinette, and their immediate family attempted unsuccessfully to escape from Paris in order to initiate a counter-revolution...
.
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