Condé-sur-l’Escaut

Part of a network of fortresses and fortified towns/cities protecting France's northern border. It was taken by the Austrian army in July 1793 after a three month seige.

Appears in these Letters:

1793

31 July: Revolutionary Justice in the summer of 1793

The duchess offers news and personal reflections on recent developments in the French Revolution (as seen from her home in the heart of the capital)...