WI:The insurgents were slaughtered in the Storming of the Tuileries?

Suppose the defense of the Tuileries were better managed with the commander of the National Guards escaping assassination and the garrison of the Tuileries had ample ammunition,thus resulting in the massacre of the insurgents,what would be the effect of this on the French Revolution?
 
I think by this time Louis XVI and the Monarchy were damned it they do, damned if they don't. I think the Paris mobs would have used it in their favor as proof of further Royal atrocities towards the masses and another attempt would have been made, perhaps with even better planning and possible use of troops loyal to the revolution and not the king.
 
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I think by this time Louis XVI and the Monarchy were damned it they do, damned if they don't. I think the Paris mobs would have used it in their favor as proof of further Royal atrocities towards the masses and another attempt would have been made, perhaps with even better planning and possible use of troops loyal to the revolution and not the king.
But in this case,it was the mob that attacked the palace,unprovoked.

I'd also imagine that some of the more radical revolutionary leaders(like Danton and Robespierre) would be arrested and possibly executed in the aftermath.

I do think however that the result would be a larger scale civil war.
 
You may be right about the arrests. But I think it would inflame the masses even more so.
But in this case,it was the mob that attacked the palace,unprovoked.

I'd also imagine that some of the more radical revolutionary leaders(like Danton and Robespierre) would be arrested and possibly executed in the aftermath.

I do think however that the result would be a larger scale civil war.

I agree, the revolutionary leaders who do not flee would be arrested. But I think the key to your scenario is the timing. By the time of the storming of the Tuileries, it is too late for the Old Regime. Any chance of saving the Monarchy would require a full and sincere adoption of the Revolution by Louis XVI and his government.
 
You may be right about the arrests. But I think it would inflame the masses even more so.


I agree, the revolutionary leaders who do not flee would be arrested. But I think the key to your scenario is the timing. By the time of the storming of the Tuileries, it is too late for the Old Regime. Any chance of saving the Monarchy would require a full and sincere adoption of the Revolution by Louis XVI and his government.
A thorough crack down on the Parisian mob might actually save the regime though,but yeah,not without the king being more conciliatory.
 
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