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Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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In Marseilles on July 19, armed bands exploited an amnesty to attack sections of the city, assassinating 8-9 citizens and mortally wounding about 30 others. Victims included the son of Bourguignon and an elderly painter named Fabrice. Similar violence occurred in the suburbs, killing two and wounding 8-10 at Mazargues.
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To Citizen Fouvielle, the elder.
With a heart wrung with anguish, I announce to you, dear friend, that yesterday was to our unhappy city, a day of horror and desolation. Every honest citizen expected that his last hour was arrived. In a few words, the following affairs occurred:
The hangmen again, &c. all profiting of the amnesty, armed, like the robbers they are, in bands, went into all the sections, where they cut down all who did not fly. They assassinated eight or nine citizens, and mortally wounded about 30.
In the number of the murdered, is the unhappy son of Bourguignon, whose father and brother, as you know, were guillotined. Savon is reported to have assassinated him, by stabbing him in the back, as he went out of his section No. I.
In the afternoon these infamous wretches, marching always in bands, and vociferating against every thing good, passed a door where sat an old man, aged 74 years, whom they also assassinated. As I hear, his name was Fabrice, a painter by profession.
In the suburbs the same horrors have been committed. At Mazargues alone, two citizens were killed, and eight or ten wounded.
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Marseilles
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Yesterday (July 19)
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assassinated eight or nine citizens, mortally wounded about 30; two killed and eight or ten wounded at mazargues.
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Armed bands, profiting from an amnesty, attacked sections in Marseilles, cutting down and assassinating citizens who did not flee. Specific murders included the son of Bourguignon stabbed by Savon, and an elderly painter named Fabrice. Similar violence in the suburbs at Mazargues.