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Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 2 (of 2)

Note 206 — 585.

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Bouillé, warned by a messenger from Choiseul that the king was detained at Varennes, rode from Dun-sur-Meuse, about twenty-two miles from Montmédy, to within sight of the village, but could not cross the Aire; thousands of the National Guard had mustered, and the king was already on his return journey to Paris.

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