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Gazette Of The United States And Daily Evening Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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On Dec. 30, the French National Convention, prompted by Brival, repealed decrees from 7th Prairial and 27th Thermidor that prohibited taking English, Spaniards, or Hanoverians as prisoners, citing violations of war laws and soldier sentiments. The repeal passed with loud applause.
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Dec. 30.
Repeal of the Decree against the English, Spaniards, and Hanoverians.
Brival.—The laws of the 7th Prairial and the 27th Thermidor, enacting that no English, Spaniards, or Hanoverians, shall be made prisoners, are contrary to all laws, and to all the rights of nations and of war; they are contrary to the sentiments of our brave soldiers who know how to conquer their enemies, but not to assassinate the vanquished. I move that the National Convention repeal both those laws.
The repeal was decreed amidst the loudest plaudits.
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France
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Dec. 30.
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the repeal was decreed amidst the loudest plaudits.
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Brival argued that the laws of the 7th Prairial and the 27th Thermidor, which enacted that no English, Spaniards, or Hanoverians shall be made prisoners, are contrary to all laws, rights of nations and war, and sentiments of brave soldiers who conquer but do not assassinate the vanquished. He moved for repeal, which was decreed.