Kammala wannan magana: An mayar da hankali ga haruffa daga birnin Marseille mai tawaye, yawancin manyan abubuwan da suka faru na juyin juya hali daga 1789 zuwa 1792 sun faru a bayan fage. A Marseille, 'yan ƙasa sun kama sansanin sarauta na Fort Saint-Jean kuma sun kafa majalisar juyin juya hali. Lokacin da aka ayyana yaƙi da Austria a watan Afrilu na 1792, birnin ya tara sojoji masu sa kai 500 waɗanda suka yi tafiya zuwa Paris. An yi masa liyafa a wurin liyafa, wani mutum daga Alsace ya rera waƙar kishin ƙasa wanda ya motsa maza daga Marseille. Yin amfani da shi a matsayin waƙar tafiya, ba da daɗewa ba aka san shi da La Marseillaise. A watan Yuli, Prussia ta haɗu da Austria da kuma mutane, waɗanda suka fusata da barazanar da aka yi a cikin Manifesto na Brunswick, suka mamaye Fadar Tuileries, suka kama Sarkin da Sarauniya. Sojojin sa kai sun yi tafiya zuwa gabas don fuskantar sojojin Prussian masu sana'a kuma a watan Satumba, ga mamakin duniya, ya doke su a
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