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Gazette Of The United States
New York, New York County, New York
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Voltaire recounts a historical anecdote from Louis XIV's minority: Parisians, led by Cardinal de Retz, formed armed bodies including the Corinthian Regiment against the arrest of Bouillon. Prince de Conde routed 500,000 citizens with 8,000 men, mocking their defeat as 'The First Epistle to the Corinthians.'
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THE military aspect of Paris, is not, at this time, more formidable than it was when drawn forth by the faction of Cardinal de Retz, on the arrest of Bouillon, and the dispersion of the other popular Magistrates, during Louis XIVth's minority: And how that attempt of the people was subdued, the following anecdote will explain:
The Parisians were formed in martial bodies, and de Retz himself, had a corps, named the Corinthian Regiment. Five hundred thousand citizens were in arms, when the great Prince de Conde marched to oppose them with only 8000 men. The Parisians took the field, adorned with feathers and ribbands. Their evolutions were the jest of the disciplined troops. They were routed by the regulars; and the regiment of Corinth, having been beaten by a handful of Conde's men, the defeat was called "The First Epistle to the Corinthians!"
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Paris
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During Louis Xivth's Minority
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parisians routed by conde's 8000 men; corinthian regiment defeated by handful of conde's troops; defeat nicknamed 'the first epistle to the corinthians'
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Parisians formed martial bodies including de Retz's Corinthian Regiment, with 500,000 citizens in arms adorned with feathers and ribbands. Their evolutions jested by disciplined troops. Routed by regulars under Prince de Conde.