13 Vendémiaire
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13 Vendémiaire, Year 4 in the French Republican Calendar, was a battle between the French Revolutionary troops and Royalist forces in the streets of Paris. This battle was part of the establishing of
Charles Monnet's depiction of Napoleon Bonaparte's quelling of the Royalist revolt, 13 Vendémiaire, in front of the Église Saint-Roch
Bonaparte fait tirer à mitraille sur les sectionnaires (Bonaparte orders to shoot at the section members), Histoire de la Révolution, Adolphe Thiers, ed. 1866, design by Yan' Dargent
Felician Myrbach's depiction of pro-Convention gunners firing on the Royalist mob
Grapeshot
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In artillery, a grapeshot is a type of ammunition that consists of a collection of smaller-caliber round shots packed tightly in a canvas bag and separated from the gunpowder charge by a metal wadding
13 Vendémiaire
…forces was repulsed. Five hours later, the major Royalist assault by 7,000 men began. The Republican forces held their perimeter, the cannons firing grapeshot into the massed Royalist forces. The Patriot battalions supporting the artillery also cut down the advancing Royalist ranks. Bonaparte commanded…
Close-up of grapeshot (right) from an American Revolution sketch of artillery devices
Model of a carronade with grapeshot ammunition
An example of grapeshot
A small cannonball and holder for a grapeshot recovered from the CSS Georgia in 2015