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Septidi 17 Germinal

Septidi 17 Germinal, jour du mélèze
larch day

Calendrier Militaire

Year II.

Army of Western Pyrenees.
Frégeville, commanding officer.
Spanish defeat near Hendaye; many enemy casualties.

Army of Italy.
Bizannet, commanding officer.
Capture of the camp of Fougasse, by 600 French, after a 8-hour fight; this camp was defended by 2000 Piemontese and Austrians.

Other events

17 Germinal II Execution of Georges Danton, Camille Desmoulins and Fabre d'Églantine, one of the creators of the French Revolutionary calendar.


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