62 SCENE IN THE CASTLE SQUARE ON THE 19 TH OP MARCH. 



Square and threw their scarves and staves on the 

 square before the Anhalt Gate with the cry "Treachery! 

 the military have fired upon us!"" In a few hours the 

 streets were covered with barricades, the sentries were 

 attacked and in part overpowered, and the struggle 

 with the garrison, which for the most part confined 

 itself to defence, and without exception remained true 

 to their flag, quickly extended over a large part of 

 the town. 



I myself, owing to my being ordered to a special 

 commission, was out of connection with the active 

 army and awaited with beating heart the issue of the 

 unhappy struggle. Then appeared on the following day 

 the royal proclamation, which restored peace. On 

 the forenoon of the 1 9 th of March the citizens crowded 

 to the Castle Square to thank the King for his procla- 

 mation. I could stay no longer at home and accord- 

 ingly mingled with them in civil dress. I found the 

 whole square filled with a vast throng, which on all 

 sides gave lively expression to its joy at the peace 

 proclamation. But soon the scene changed. Long- 

 processions came, bringing the fallen to the Castle 

 Square, in order, as was said, that the King might see 

 for himself what havoc his soldiers had wrought. Then 

 followed the terrible scene on the balcony of the castle, 

 when the Queen fainted away as her eyes caught 

 sight of the blood-stained dead heaped at her feet. 

 There came fresh processions with corpses, and as 

 the King no longer responded to the shout for his 

 appearance, the excited throng prepared to burst 



