e de, 245

Tronchet, 252

Turgot, 10, 11, 14, 42

Tuscany, 337

Ushant, 290

Vadier, 295

Valenciennes, 312, 325

Valmy, 216, 218

Vancouver Island, 149, 150

Varennes, 120, 179, 189

Vendee, La, 260, 303-4, 334, 337

Verdun, 215, 244

Vergniaud, 209, 225, 223, 231, 238, 249, 253, 261, 267

Versailles, the march to, 129-30

Villaret-Joyeuse, 290

Villiaume, 353

Vincent, 273, 276

Virieu, 99

Volney, 123

Voulland, 297, 298

Washington, 126

Wattignies, 326

Weber, 246, 365

Webster, Daniel, 25

Weissenburg, 327

Westermann, 226, 238, 281

Wilson, James, 35, 36

Windward Islands, 322

Wurmser, 327

York, the Duke of, 325-6, 328-9, 339

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