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He was Louis XVI's last minister of war ( July 1792), and organised the defence of the Tuileries for August 10. Commanded by the Legislative Assembly to send away the Swiss guards, he refused, and was arrested for treason to the nation and sent to Orléans to be tried.
At the end of August the Assembly ordered Abancourt and the other prisoners at Orléans to be transferred to Paris with an escort commanded by Claude FournierClaude Fournier L'Heritier ( December 21, 1745 1825), was a French revolutionary, nicknamed l'Americain ("the American"). He was born at Auzon ( Haute-Loire), the son of a poor weaver, and went to America to seek his fortune. At San Domingo on the island, the American. At VersaillesVersailles is a commune in France. It is the prefecture (capital) of the Yvelines departement''. Population (1999): 88,476. History Versailles used to be an unimportant village a few miles west of Paris until May 6, 1682 when King Louis XIV moved his cour they learned of the massacres at Paris, and Abancourt and his fellow-prisoners were murdered in cold blood on September 8September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years). There are 114 days remaining. Events 1331 Stefan Dusan declares himself king of Serbia 1380 Battle of Kulikovo Russian forces under Grand Prince Dmitrii Ivanovich defeat a mixed army of Tatar, 1792. Fournier was unjustly charged with complicity in the crime.
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