GENERAL DUFOUR
In February 1781 there was an uprising in Geneva. The revolutionaries demanded liberty, equality and republican government of the city based on the American model. The French King Louis XVI sent troops since he thought the uprising would be a bad example to his own people. The revolutionaries were crushed. In 1782 about 1,000 people fled the city. These were the circumstances that led to Guillaume-Henri, the future General Dufour, being born at the town of Constance on the…
