Chapter IX: The Fall of Robespierre, 1794

Despotism of the Committee of Public Safety 204
Aims of Robespierre 205
Aims of St. Just 206
Financial object of the continuation of the Terror 207
The Terror systematised 208
Renewal of the War in La Vendée 209
Treaty of the Hague between England and Prussia 209
Insurrection in Poland 210
Differences between England and Prussia 211
The Allied Forces driven from Belgium 212
Worship of the Supreme Being instituted by Robespierre 214
Increased activity of the Revolutionary Court 215
Position of Robespierre 216
Discords break out within the Committee of Public Safety 217
Insurrection of Thermidor 219
Execution of the Robespierrists 220

CHAPTER X.

FALL OF THE MONTAGNARDS, 1794–1795.

Reactionary Movement in Paris and in the Departments 221
Parties in the Convention 222
Readmission of the expelled Girondist Deputies to the Convention 223
Repeal of Maximum Laws, and suffering in Paris 225
Insurrection of Germinal 12 226
Reaction in Paris, and in the Departments 227
The public exercise of all forms of worship permitted by the
Convention 228
The White Terror 229
Insurrection of Prairial 1 230
Proscription of Montagnards 231