French Revolution their altars". In October the Convention troops captured Lyon and reinstated a Montagnard government there. Criteria for bringing someone before the Revolutionary Tribunal, created March 1793, had always been vast and vague. By August, political disagreement seemed enough to be summoned before the Tribunal; appeal against a Tribunal verdict was impossible. Late August 1793, an army general had been guillotined on the accusation of choosing too timid strategies on the battlefield. Mid-October, the widowed former queen Marie Antoinette was on trial for a long list of charges such as "teaching [her husband] Louis Capet the art of dissimulation" and incest
HMS Berbice (1793) and Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph Abercromby. "Berbice" was under the command of Lieutenant John Trehaser (or Tresaher) when she wrecked on Scotsman's Head (), Dominica, on 26 October 1796. She had been cruising in company with when they separated in the dark and rain. "Berbice" continued on "Lacedemonian"s last known course and proceeded to wreck. There were 42 men aboard "Berbice"; none were lost. Citations<br> References<br> HMS Berbice (1793) HMS "Berbice" was the French privateer "Berbice" that the British Royal Navy captured in 1793 and took into service under her existing name. She foundered in 1796. The Navy commissioned her in