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He soon made himself master of the arms of a Lancer, and was the 

 fifth man who entered the Louvre. After having fought a long 

 time, he brought away, as a trophy, a piece of the Swiss flag. This 

 gallant fellow, before he returned to his occupation, deposited his 

 lance at the mairie of the seventh arrondissement. He was pressed 

 to accept a remuneration, which he refused, saying, " He did not 

 fight for money." He at last reluctantly accepted ten francs for his 

 immediate necessities, but only on the condition that he should be 

 allowed to repay it, for the benefit of the widows and orphans of 

 that eventful day, when his circumstances permitted it. 



Among the remarkable traits of youthful heroism displayed on 

 this glorious occasion, we may here name the following : A lad of 

 sixteen, armed with a double-barrelled fowling-piece, and a brace 

 of pistols, was the first to open the gate of the Louvre to the people ; 

 this brave youth, who had received fifteen wounds, was taken into 

 the temporary hospital formed in the body of the church. Another 

 lad of the same age, brought up in the Orphan Hospital, named 

 Pierre Charles Petit-Pere, climbed in the same manner as the 

 former over another gate, notwithstanding the fire of the troops. 

 He was so fortunate as to escape unhurt in this exploit. The Louvre 

 being taken, he repaired to the Rue de Grenelle St. Honore, where 

 the battle raged in all its fury ; he was there struck by a ball, that 

 passing through his left hand, shattered his right arm, which was 

 afterwards amputated. This young hero fell, shouting, Vive la 

 Charte ! Vive la France ! 



Within two hours of the assault, four Charettes, filled with dead, 

 were seen leaving the Louvre, and many bodies were left on the 

 grass plot, where they were afterwards interred. About sixty 

 wounded were also removed from the Palace by their comrades to 

 the Hotel Dieu, and it was truly gratifying to witness the kind and 

 gentle care with which these brave fellows treated their mutilated 

 and suffering companions. To the undaunted courage and gallantry 

 of the victors, it is impossible to do justice without an appearance of 

 exaggeration. Let it suffice to say, that the conduct of the people 

 of Paris on the spot, on the 29th of July, was never surpassed in the 

 brightest annals of her wars. 



1 now proceed to a description of the last triumphant effort of the 

 people, the taking of the Chateau of the Tuileries, which, though a 

 formidable position, scarcely, if at all, inferior in strength to the 

 Louvre, opposed by no means the same obstinate resistance to the 

 assailants. Flushed with conquest, and every moment increasing in 

 numbers and regularity of movement, the columns of the citizens 

 here advanced to the attack against an enemy still obstinately brave, 

 but dispirited by defeat, and fearfully diminished in force. This will 

 sufficiently account for the comparatively feeble struggle with which 

 this last strong hold of royalty in the capital was defended. 



It must be premised that, at ten o'clock in the morning, the citizens 

 inhabiting the quarters of St. Jaques, St. Germain, the Odeon, and 

 Gros Caillon, excited by the sound of the tocsin from almost all the 

 churches, and by the unanimous shouts of Vive la Charte ! came 

 forth in arms, the mass amounting to 5000 or 6000 men. They 



