Head of the Parisian revolutionary army, he participated in the fall of the monarchy and the massacres of September 1792 and commanded the armed forces of Paris in 1793. Thanks to his battalions, he enabled the fall of the Girondins. Robespierre spared him from his friendships with the Hébertists. He tried to save Robespierre on 9 Thermidor, but he was executed alongside him.
The Battle of Fleurus of 8 Messidor Year II (June 26, 1794) took place between the allies (United Kingdom, Holy Empire, Electorate of Hanover) and France. The French win a decisive battle at Fleurus, between Charleroi and Namur, in the Austrian Netherlands (now Belgium). The Allies, commanded by th