Battle of Fleurus (1794) 1795, the Dutch Republic was extinguished. After Fleurus, the republican army would keep its momentum in the war, staying on the offensive until its eventual victory against the First Coalition in 1797. Politically, the battle invalidated the argument that continuation of the revolutionary Reign of Terror was necessary because of the military threat to France's very existence. Thus, some would argue, victory at Fleurus was a leading cause of the Thermidorian Reaction a month later. Saint-Just arrived in Paris after such a great victory only to die with Maximilien Robespierre and the other leading Jacobins. Battle of Fleurus (1794) The
Terror in the Sky Both pilots also ate the chicken. A man who has not flown since the Vietnam War (single-engine planes in the book, helicopter/war choppers in the film) is reluctantly pressed into flying the plane, where he makes a very neurotic, but survivable landing. Terror in the Sky Terror in the Sky is a low budget 1971 television film remake of 1957's "Zero Hour!", which itself was based on the 1956 television play "Flight into Danger". Arthur Hailey recycled the premise in his book "Runway Zero-Eight" which was co-written with John Castle in 1958. The film stars Doug McClure, Lois Nettleton, Roddy