10 Facts About Charles-Philippe Ronsin

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Charles-Philippe Ronsin was a French general of the Revolutionary Army of the First French Republic, commanding the large Parisian division of l'Armee Revolutionnaire.

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Charles-Philippe Ronsin presented several patriotic pieces in some of the theatres in the capital between the years 1790 and 1792.

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3.

Charles-Philippe Ronsin led his troops to Vihiers and Beaulieu and was eventually trapped at Coron.

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4.

Charles-Philippe Ronsin was witty and clever when dealing with his different functions.

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5.

However, thanks to his quick ascent and his character Charles-Philippe Ronsin acquired numerous enemies, particularly Pierre Philippeaux and Fabre d'Eglantine.

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6.

Charles-Philippe Ronsin created a bill that was posted in Paris after his return from Lyon that stated that there were one hundred and forty thousand people living in Lyon, fifteen hundred of which had nothing to do with the rebellions.

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Charles-Philippe Ronsin was arrested along with Francois-Nicolas Vincent, who was another member of the Cordeliers Club.

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8.

Collot d'Herbois defended Charles-Philippe Ronsin, saying that while fighting in the South along with all of the other patriots of the Revolution, Charles-Philippe Ronsin showed great determination in enforcing respect for the republic.

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Charles-Philippe Ronsin was finally arrested along with Hebert, Momoro, and Vincent.

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10.

Charles-Philippe Ronsin stayed true to his words in prison: as Thomas Carlyle relates the event, he alone among the Hebertists went to the scaffold with an "air of defiance", still maintaining a steely "eye of command".

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