The King Flee's France - Newspaper Article

The King is fleeing France, our sources report today. At approximately 7 am yesterday, the Kings manservant drew back the curtains of his bed to find the bed empty. Despite the palace being heavily guarded The King managed to slip through into a carriage and all the way to Varennes. We currently believe he is in a house somewhere in Varennes. Our sources tell us that the escape was masterminded by the Queen's Swedish admirer, Count Fersen. It is understood that two nights ago, the Queen woke her two children and disguised Louis Charles as a girl. With some other close family they sneaked out through a secret staircase, and jumped into the coach, which Count Fersen is believed to have arranged. The Queen then sneaked back to her own room so nobody would suspect anything. Then the King narrowly escaped after several guards reported hearing sounds behind "A wall with not a thing behind it". After checking the Queen's bedroom they thought nothing of it. It is believed the King was disguised as a servant. Shortly afterwards the Queen disguised herself as a Governess. Like the King, she only narrowly escaped after passing the Commander of the National guard, Lafayette. The Queen, shaken by this experience, got lost and was very late by the time she found the coach. Then the coach left Paris, and their dangerous journey had begunThe Royal's plan is believed to have been to flee to Mondmedy, a town very close to the which was heavily fortified in case of an attack by the Austrians. The King thought that this town was on his side, and their had been no riots or disturbances in the surrounding We believe that the Royals went through Bondy by 2:30am, and reached Montmedy at 11:00 am. He is believed to have changed his horses but was recognised. We believe that they were on the King's side, but the King then immediately left for Chalons. Again he was recognised but again the witnesses were on the Royal's side. It is also understood that a group of his supporters were waiting by the Somme Vesle bridge, but they left half an hour before the Royal Party arrived. The coach, because it was so big and heavy in order to carry six people, could only go at 10kph. This allowed the brave revolutionaries time to plan what they were going to do, even though there was not a very large amount of soldiers in this area. At the town of Sainte Menehould, someone recognised Louis again. In the town of Clermont a brave man told the revolutionaries that the royals were going to try and get to Mondmedy through Varennes. The people of Varennes blocked up the road through Varennes and ask for identification. Just 100 metres away, Royal troops are waiting for the Royal family to turn up. We now believe that all of the Royal Family that are fleeing are being held In a house in Varennes. We can only hope that the brave revolutionaries find and capture these traitors.

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