BORDER DEFENSE. LOI du 28 Août 1792, l'an Quatrième de la Li - Lot 206

BORDER DEFENSE. LOI du 28 Août 1792, l'an Quatrième de la Liberté - ADRESSE DE L'ASSEMBLEE NATIONALE Aux Citoyens des FRONTIERES : " Votre position vous assure la gloire de combattre les premiers pour la Liberté et l'Égalité ; la Patrie compte sur votre courage ; compter sur sa reconnaissance. Your children will be hers; she will take care of your wives, and if tyrants ravage your property, she considers it a sacred debt to compensate you for the losses you have suffered...EXCERPT from September 8, 1792, year 4 of liberty; On the report made to the General Council by the military committee, of the petition presented by the sub-officers and cavalrymen of the Gendarmerie Nationale tending to obtain from the Administration a special pay in favor of their wives and children whom they abandon, to march in defense of the Fatherland - Printed booklet 4pp in 8°.