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Gardes Suisses
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
A celebrated corps of the French army, formed in 1616 for defence of royalty, and numbering 2000. During the great Revolution they gallantly defended the Louvre, but were overawed and overpowered almost to annihilation by the infuriated Paris mob. "Their work to die, and they did it," at that moment. The corps was finally disbanded in 1830.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Gardes Suisses'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​g/gardes-suisses.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.