Chapter VIII

THE FALL OF THE HÉBERTISTS AND DANTONISTS, 1793–1794.

Condition of the Army 188
Carnot’s military reforms 189
Campaign in Belgium and the Rhine; Victories of Hondschoote and
Wattignies 191
The Allies expelled from Alsace by Hoche and Pichegru 192
Legislation of the Convention 193
Cambon’s financial measures 195
Growing feeling against the Commune 196
Robespierre attacks the Hébertists 197
_The Old Cordelier_ 199
The Hébertists attack the Dantonists 200
Robespierre’s influence over the Jacobins 201
Robespierre abandons the Dantonists 202
Execution of the Hébertists and Dantonists 204