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The Fourmies shooting — Troops firing on a demonstration at Fourmies, in 1891
In a textile town just out of a strike, the workers downed tools to demand the eight-hour day; the employers had threatened strikers with dismissal, and the prefect had called in troops. After arrests in the morning, two companies of the 145th infantry regiment, armed with the new Lebel rifle, fired at about 6.25 pm on a few hundred demonstrators gathered on the place de l’Église to demand the prisoners. Among the dead were Maria Blondeau, eighteen, and Émile Cornaille. Clemenceau brought the affair before the Chamber; nine demonstrators were convicted. (Editorial synthesis)
The Fourmies shooting took place in Fourmies. (source: Larousse)
The Fourmies shooting ended in nine dead in the crowd of a strikers’ demonstration, including two children. (source: Larousse)
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