Talk:Storming of the Bastille

Holiday Inn
I have a creeping suspicion that "Holiday Inn" is not the correct term you want in the last paragraph of the "armed conflict" section, or whatever it's called. (anon 31 Jan 2005)
 * Looks like what happened here is that 17:45, Nov 18, 2004, User:Didactohedron, meaning to revert vandalism, actually restored vandalism. And I, and probably others, seeing an edit from an excellent contributor with the remark "reverting vandalism" naturally assumed that we had nothing we needed to check on. -- Jmabel | Talk 07:00, Feb 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes, that was my fault. That particular modification had previously been introduced by a series of anon edits on November 15, was reverted by me, and again reintroduced by me in the process of my revert of another anon user's vandalism. I have no idea how this happened, since as far as I can tell the "reversion" which reintroduced the error does not correstpond exactly to any of the prior versions of the article. -Didactohedron 09:12, Feb 1, 2005 (UTC):)

This is more of a history question, but maybe the article (or a related one) should be clarified to explain. In the quote, "This very night all the Swiss and German battalions will leave the Champ de Mars to massacre us all," it is the only time I can see mention of the Swiss and the Germans' participation in the French Revolution. Or did I miss some reference to them in the "causes" article? Please help; I'm eager to learn, yet confused! --Schwael 06:32, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)


 * The military of ancien regime France had several battallions composed of foreign mercenaries. This was common practice at the time, and still persists, for example, in the Pope's Swiss Guards. Because they had little involvement in the day-to-day life of the country, their loyalty was more firmly to the king. Many of the French troops were caught up in the same revolutionary passions that were sweeping the rest of the country; the Swiss and German soldiers generally were not. See, for example 10th of August (French Revolution). -- Jmabel | Talk 18:01, Mar 2, 2005 (UTC)


 * Interesting! Thanks!  I guess now the question is just, is it necissary to add a few words to this article to explain?  --Schwael 14:17, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * I'll sneak something in. -- Jmabel | Talk 17:44, Mar 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * Looks great! --Schwael 01:27, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Armed Conflict
it may be just me, but the ARMED CONFLICT is kind of hard to understand.

its fall effectively marked the beginning of the French Revolution
It did???!!! What about the estates general and the tennis court oath? This is such a simplistic statement as to be absurd.

Reply by Trrishan Saha(a different person than the one who wrote the above thing): Yes, they were also important events, but the Storming of the Bastille was an open revolt by the people. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TrrishanSahaWiki (talk • contribs) 14:59, 23 July 2023 (UTC)

History
Normal 41.114.144.121 (talk) 07:18, 3 June 2022 (UTC)