Insurrection of Lyon
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| Siege and capture of Lyon | |||||||
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| Part of the French Revolutionary War | |||||||
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| First French Republic | French Royalists | ||||||
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| Dubois-Crancé | General Préci | ||||||
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| 35,000 | ca 20,000 | ||||||
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The Insurrection of Lyon or Siege and capture of Lyon occurred on 8 August 1793 when French Republican forces laid siege and captured the city of Lyon, which had revolted against the French government.
[edit] References
- Smith, D. The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book. Greenhill Books, 1998.
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