French Revolution. Nancy Mutiny (31 August 1790). Since 1789, unrest had gripped the entire French army. Promotions and salaries were blocked, and royalists and Jacobins were in conflict. From 5 August 1790, the garrison at Nancy suffered a rebellion, as soldiers claimed that officers were stealing from them due to the lack of accounts for certain deductions from their salaries. The Nancy garrison consisted of the Regiment du Roi (King's Regiment), the Regiment suisse de Chateauvieux (one of the regiments of Swiss mercenaries in the French infantry) and Regiment Mestre de Camp General cavalerie (cavalry). They imprisoned the officers, including General de Malseigne, sent by La Fayette to restore order. While de Bouille, commanding the troops sent by the National Assembly to suppress the mutiny, was negotiating the release of some of the officers, a clash broke out at the Stainville Gate, where the advance troops of de Bouille's forces halted in front of an artillery piece manned by sol