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4. The assembly meets. — Noon 259 



a. Roederer reports the situation 260 



i'. Urges action 260 



5. The procession is at the door 264 



E. The procession 265 



1. Outside the assembly hall 267 



a. Plants liberty tree 272 



h. Municipal officers try to keep order 273 



c. Gate of garden of Tuileries forced 274 



2. The petitioners enter the hall 275 



a. Saint-Huguin reads a petition 275 



3. The citizens march through the hall 280 



4. The Carrousel invaded 284 



a. The crowd confused but peaceable 286 



5. The royal gate is forced 289 



a. The crowd enters the chateau 290 



6. The Tuileries invaded 291 



a. The king in presence of the people 295 



i'. Puts on liberty cap 297 



2'. Tries to speak 297 



h. Cries — " Recall the ministers ", " Sanction 



the decrees " 299 



c. Deputations from assembly enter 301 



d. The mayor intervenes 308 



i'. Clears the apartments 313 



e. The queen's apartment invaded 316 



i'. She joins the king 316 



/. The crowd passes out 319 



i'. The chateau is silent 320 



F. The meeting of the assembly 321 



I. Reports of the invasion 321 



VI. Conclusion 324 



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Introduction 



Viewed not simply as an incident in the history of the legisla- 

 tive assembly but regarded in the light of the larger movement of 

 the revolution, the uprising of the 20th of June, 1792, becomes 

 one of the turning points in the long struggle of an arbitrary 

 monarch against the attempt of the French people to establish and 



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