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accident on the site of the Bastille and the united column set out 

 directing its march toward the national assembly. ^2''' The pro- 

 cession marched under orders from Santerre, " who," as Alex- 

 andre said, " was my senior and whose second I became."^^" 



Alexandre continues, "Tlic route was long, but every thing 

 passed off in an orderly way. No one was insulted and almost 

 everywhere people showed signs of joy and satisfaction by 

 applause and repeated acclamations."^-'^ The line of march fol- 

 lowed the rue Saint-Antoine to the Place Bandoyer, thence by 

 the rue Marche Saint-Jean it reached the direct line of the rue 

 de la Verrerie and the rue des Lombards. From this point by 

 the rue de la Ferronnerie, it entered the rue Saint-IIonore which 

 it followed up to a point where a cross street led to the Place 

 Vendomc. On the left was the monastery of the Feuillants. 

 Here it halted.^-^ 



The grounds and buildings in this vicinity have been much 

 changed since 1792. Then the space between the garden of the 

 Tuileries and the rue .Saint-Honore was irregularly covered by 

 the buildings, courts and passages of the monastery of the Feuil- 

 lants. Today the rue de Rivoli occupies the part of this space 

 bordering on the garden of the Tuileries and is separated from 

 it by a grating. A cross street, Castiglione, leading from this 

 grating to the Place Vendome has also been cut out of this space. 

 The part of the rue de Rivoli from the former site of the Tuil- 

 eries to the rue Castiglione formed then the court of the manege. 

 This court was separated from the terrace of the Feuillants by a 

 wall now replaced by the grating. Thus it will be seen that the 



"' Rapport d'Alexandre." 



^"^ " Memoires d'Alexandre " It will be noted that for this incident — 

 the juncture of the two faubourgs — we have only the accounts of Alexan- 

 dre. In the " Rapport " he gives only the general statement of the union 

 being effected without accident and of the procession starting out toward 

 the assembly. In the " Memoires," he gives more details. 



^^ " Rapport d'Alexandre." 



'^"Rapport" and "Memoires" of Alexandre. In the "Rapport'' 

 Alexandre states that he received the decree of the municipality just as 

 the procession started but in the "Memoires" he says he received it when 

 they reached the rue Saint-Honore. 



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