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National Gazette
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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Arrivals from France express astonishment at British reports of barbarities and opposition in France, asserting nationwide unity despite the king's treason, minimal tumults in Paris, flourishing economy, and that the Duke of Brunswick's 60,000-man army could not capture towns or advance without destruction.
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"They assert in the most positive terms, that the people are everywhere united--That notwithstanding the king has been proved to be a traitor, the tumults in Paris have never been of consequence enough to draw off the tradesmen and manufacturers of that city from their daily occupations--that the city was never in a more flourishing situation, and that the whole kingdom of France never experienced more prosperous days.
"Such was the situation of the frontiers of France. that the duke of Brunswick, with his army of 60,000 men, would not be able in a siege of six months to carry a single town; and if he should be so imprudent as to march but fifty miles into the country, his whole army must inevitably be sacrificed--or Burgoyned."
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France
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people united and prosperous; duke of brunswick's army unable to capture towns or advance without sacrifice.
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Persons arrived from France assert that contrary to British reports, the people are united, the king proved a traitor, Paris tumults minor with city flourishing, kingdom prosperous; frontiers such that Duke of Brunswick's 60,000 men could not take a town in six months or march fifty miles without destruction.