Chapter XI: The Reaction 261-283

Results of the fall of Robespierre.--Progress of the reaction
against the Terror.--The Mountain, the Right, and the
Thermidorians.--Fréron and the Jeunes Gens.--Closing of
the Jacobin Club.--Arrest of Carrier.--Recall of the proscribed
deputies of the Right.--Measures with regard to
religion.--Arrest of Billaud, Collot and others.--Distress
in Paris.--Breakdown of the economic system of the
Terror.--Survey of Terrorist finance.--Embarrassments
and expenses of the Terrorist Government.--Cambon's
remedial measures.--Republicanisation of the National
Debt.--Decline of the Assignats.--Impending bankruptcy
at the end of 1794.--Amount of Assignats in circulation.--Fresh
issues.--Their rapid decline.--Ruin and distress
resulting.--High prices of food.--General dearth.--The
insurrection of the 12th Germinal.--Measures of the reaction.--The
insurrection of the 1st Prairial.--Suppression of
the Jacobin party and disarming of Paris.--Progress of the
War.--Spirit of the French army.--Representatives on
Mission with it.--Great soldiers in its ranks.--Its reorganisation
by Dubois-Crancé.--Campaign of 1793.--Victories
on the Belgian frontier, on the Rhine and in La Vendée.--The
ten armies of the Republic.--European politics.--Selfish
views of Thugut, the Austrian minister.--Jealousy
between Austria and Prussia.--Outbreak of the Polish
revolt.--Victories of the French in Belgium and Holland.--
Peace of Bâle.--Prospects of a general peace and of a
Royalist restoration.--The reaction checked.--Death of
the Dauphin.--The Quiberon Expedition.--The White
Terror.--The Constitution of the Year III.--The decrees
of Fructidor.--The insurrection of the 13th Vendémiaire.--Establishment
of the Directory.--Conclusion.

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