HISTORY OF EUROPE. 
‘intelligible to any others than those 
who are minutely acquainted with 
_ the topography of the Thuilleries. 
- About seven in the morning, the 
different columns of the insurgents, 
as above related, began their march 
to the Thuilleries. Near nine they 
penetrated into the Carousel, and 
soon after into the different courts 
of the palace. Their numbers 
were so great as to be altogether 
incalculable ; and they had thirty 
pieces of cannon. A number of 
the Swiss came before them un- 
armed, offered to shake hands with 
them*, and entreated them to re- 
spect the residence of their sove- 
/ reign. By these friendly remon- 
Strances, which were ascribed to 
| fear, their rage was heightened. 
One of their party, an officer of the 
/ national guards, at the head of about 
| twelve men, advancing towards the 
| palace, seized five of the Swiss on 
| guard at their posts, and disarmed 
|them. Thesavage crowd, rushing 
_ forward, beat out their brains with 
their clubs, and the heavy ends of 
| their firelocks. The heads of the 
| slaughtered Swiss, carried on poles 
| along the terrace of the Feuillants, 
towards the adjacent hall of the As- 
sembly, appeared to be the signal 
for a general attack on the palace; 
for at the same time there began a 
| dreadful fire of cannon and mus- 
quetry, and the palace was in many 
Ss pierced with balls and bul- 
_ The Swiss stationed in the 
garden, answered thisact of hostility 
only by discharging their pieces 
in the air. Buta heavy fire was 
| given at the same instant from the 
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was quickly cleared, and the can- 
non abandoned. <A party of the 
conquerors advancing to the Porte 
Royale, though which the fugitives 
pressed in crowds, fired on those 
who lingered in the Carousel, or 
had not been able, on account of 
the press, to make their escape. 
While one party was employed in 
clearing the courts of the palace, 
another proceeded towards the ter- 
race of the Feuillants, near which 
they seized several pieces of can~ 
non abandoned by the insurgents; 
who nevertheless fired from the 
terrace and killed about thirty of 
the defenders of the Thuilleries. 
During this engagement, the corps 
of gentlemen within the palace re- 
mained inactive for want of proper 
arms and ammunition ; and the Pa- 
risian guards that had still remained 
there, from a disinclination to sup- 
port the cause of the Swiss. The 
insurgents, in less than an hour af- 
ter the first defeat, again assembled 
in the courts with a fresh supply of 
artillery. Having penetrated into 
the gardens, they were enabled to 
attack the palace on every side ; and 
a great number made their way in- 
to the royal apartments, by the gal- 
lery of the Louvret. The de- 
fenders of the Thuilleries, reduced 
in numbers, under a scarcity of 
ammunition, and disheartened by 
the flight of the royal family, be- 
gan to fly before the invaders, who 
massacred every one they met in 
their way into the garden; where 
they were slaughtered by the na- 
tional guards, who now, both horse 
and foot, took adecided part against 
the court, and for the populace. In 
* This expression of good-will was afterwards represented as an act of treachery. 
+ Extending to the length of near a mile from the Louvre to the palace of the 
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