Republican Bayonets on the Rhine

On 17 June 1789, the Third Estate of the "Estates-General" of France declared themselves redefined as the "National Assembly" begining one of the greatest events in history known as "The French Revolution." By 1792, the Bastille had fallen, the government had deposed the king, Louis XVI, and had executed much of the nobility. Reaction to the executions, and the declaration of war by the new French...