French Revolution. Nancy Mutiny (31 August 1790). Since 1789, unrest had gripped the entire French army. Promotions and salaries were blocked, and royalists and Jacobins were in conflict. From 5 August 1790, the garrison at Nancy suffered a rebellion, as soldiers claimed that officers were stealing from them due to the lack of accounts for certain deductions from their salaries. The Nancy garrison consisted of the Régiment du Roi (King's Regiment), the Régiment suisse de Châteauvieux (one of the regiments of Swiss mercenaries in the French infantry) and Régiment Mestre de Camp Général cavaleri
French Revolution. Nancy Mutiny (31 August 1790). Since 1789, unrest had gripped the entire French army. Promotions and salaries were blocked, and royalists and Jacobins were in conflict. From 5 August 1790, the garrison at Nancy suffered a rebellion, as soldiers claimed that officers were stealing from them due to the lack of accounts for certain deductions from their salaries. The Nancy garrison consisted of the Régiment du Roi (King's Regiment), the Régiment suisse de Châteauvieux (one of the regiments of Swiss mercenaries in the French infantry) and Régiment Mestre de Camp Général cavalerie (cavalry). They imprisoned the officers, including General de Malseigne, sent by La Fayette to restore order. While de Bouillé, commanding the troops sent by the National Assembly to suppress the mutiny, was negotiating the release of some of the officers, a clash broke out at the Stainville Gate, where the advance troops of de Bouillé's forces halted in front of an artillery piece manned by soldiers of the Régiment du Roi. André Désilles (1767-1790), a junior officer of the Régiment du Roi, stood in front of a cannon loaded with shrapnel in an attempt to dissuade the mutineers from firing on the government troops. He was thrown to the groung and, in the confusion, the cannon was fired, killing about sixty of the loyalist soldiers. A general clash then broke out and, after three hours of fighting, De Bouillé's troops put down the mutiny with heavy casualties among soldiers and civilians. André Désilles was mortally wounded when he threw himself in front of a cannon in an attempt to stop the fighting. Heroic action by Désilles. Drawing by Hippolyte de la Charlerie. Engraving by T. Meyer-Heine. Detail. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, 1876.
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