sentences:  It was a failure as it was not supported by the military.On 4 June 1899 Loubet was assaulted at the Longchamp Racecourse.These provocations plus permanent demonstrations from the extreme right, although it never actually put the Republic in danger, created a burst of Republicanism leading to the formation of a "government of republican defence" around Waldeck-Rousseau on 22 June 1899.