SIEGE OF LONGWY, 1792. “PROCLAMATION TO THE FRENCH RESIDING - Lot 223

SIEGE OF LONGWY, 1792. “PROCLAMATION TO THE FRENCH RESIDING IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PARIS AND NEIGHBORING DEPARTMENTS. ” — LAW of August 26, 1792 — No. 2211 — Printed in Le Mans (Sarthe), by De Pivron, 3 pages, in-4° — Imprint: “CITIZENS, The town of LONGWY (Meurthe-et-Moselle) has just been surrendered or handed over. The enemy is advancing: perhaps they flatter themselves that they will find cowards or traitors everywhere; they are mistaken. Our armies are outraged by this defeat, and their courage is stoked by it. Citizen! You share their outrage: the fatherland calls upon you: Go forth! The National Assembly demands that the department of Paris and the neighboring departments immediately provide thirty thousand armed and equipped men.”