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VGW(RI.773.029
1 Apr 1773:11 (360)
Paris, Dec. 12. Letters from Marseilles mention a riot
having happened at the playhouse there, occasioned at first
by the comedians persisting in representing a piece highly
disagreeable to the public. Some grenadiers were called in
to quell the riot, but expressly directed not to fire, in
order to prevent any accident; however a person in the pit,
who having expected a disturbance, had armed himself with a
pistol, as soon as he saw the grenadiers, shot one of them
dead, and they were then ordered to fire, by which means
several people were killed and wounded. This affair has
thrown the whole town of Marseilles into consternation.
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