CHAPTER VIII.

THE FALL OF THE HÉBERTISTS AND DANTONISTS, 1793–1794.

Condition of the Army 188 Carnot’s military reforms 189 Campaign in Belgium and the Rhine; Victories of Hondschoote and Wattignies 191 The Allies expelled from Alsace by Hoche and Pichegru 192 Legislation of the Convention 193 Cambon’s financial measures 195 Growing feeling against the Commune 196 Robespierre attacks the Hébertists 197 _The Old Cordelier_ 199 The Hébertists attack the Dantonists 200 Robespierre’s influence over the Jacobins 201 Robespierre abandons the Dantonists 202 Execution of the Hébertists and Dantonists 204