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Dolor Sit Amet

Bastille Stormed!

After a day of nearly warlike conditions in the French capital, a massive crowd of Revolutionaries took to arms and toppled the symbol of French monarchy. The Bastille -- a medieval era tower building that was used as a prison -- was set ablaze all day yesterday. The number of people in the Revolutionary mob is estimated to be around 1000; the numbers of casualties have yet to be determined. What does this mean for London? Is a revolution of our own brewing?

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15 July 1789

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The London Looker

The Revolutionaries in France finally broke the tension that had been practically palpable this side of the Channel. News correspondents in Paris say that many Parisians "saw it coming." One woman said that she knew something was wrong when she did not smell the baguettes being baked in the early morning.

"Usually I smell them at 4:30. When it was 6:30 and I smelled nothing, I knew something was wrong. Then later, I smelled something else. It was gunpowder! I ran to my husband and we both cried for joy. Vive le France!"

One eyewitness quickly sketched this realistic image (left). The London Looker is proud to decode the French Revolution, and suggest what it might mean for England.

1. "The sky turned a muddled shade of dark burgundy. It looked like the sky was bleeding!" one witness reported.

2. Royal troops stormed through the archway, but they were sorely outnumbered by the eager masses.

3. The Revolutionaries were ready to fight!

4. Some men engaged in man-to-man combat.

5. Fires broke out all over town. Smoke was still seen this morning.

6. The exact number of casualties is not yet known.

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GOOD FOR WHAT AILS YA!

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Correction: The editors would like to apologize for misspelling the name of Joshua Oakes in yesterday's issue. We accidentally printed the name as Oaks, when it is really Oakes.

OPINION

The search for the scattered Mutineers has yielded little. There have even been rumors the crew has burned the HMS Bounty and is hiding with the natives on Tahiti. French colonial officials are being described as "uncooperative" by British Royal Navy leaders. It is time that our Navy step up an official investigation into what happened, lest these types of things happen more often in these wild and revolutionary times. Crew committed mutiny against their captain on April 28 of this year. Who knows what else our men are capable of, now they see the Americans and the French get full of bright ideas. When we find the mutineers, we should kill them all!

Child prodigy musical composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart makes more waves in Berlin, stunning audiences with his symphonies and chamber orchestral compositions.

Americans wonder how their first President, Mr. George Washington, will fare.

Trouble in India again, even as the dust settles from the first Anglo-Mysore War. Officials say the local Sultanate is being "difficult."