The Uprising of June 20, ij()2 85 



and tlic otlicr a heart of a calf, marked, " 1die heart of an 

 aristocrat. "'°" 



The procession, which has been estimated at twenty thousand 

 l)eople, occupied about one hour and a half in passinj^, entering 

 by the door of the Feuillants and going out by the court of the 

 mancijc at the other end of the building.'"'" When it had jjasscd, 

 Santerre returned to the bar of the assembly and said that the 

 citizens of the faubourg Saint-Antoine offered their lives for the 

 defense of the country and presented a flag as a mark of appre- 

 ciation of the kindness shown them. The president accepted it 

 and the assembly adjourned at half past three o'clock. ^•'^* 



On learning of the march of the multitude, measures were 

 taken by the commandant to guard the chateau. A number of 

 battalions arrived at the Tuileries about one o'clock. Ten were 

 placed in the garden upon the terrace before the chateau, two 

 ui>on the terrace on the side of the river, five upon the Place du 

 Carrousel, one guarding the gate to prevent entrance there, and 

 four upon the Place Louis XV to guard the orangery. Inside was 

 one battalion, the guard going off duty and the one relieving, and 

 one hundred gendarmes.^"'" 



^'^Moniteur, XII, 718; Journal de I'assenihlee nationale, XXI, 317; Jour- 

 nal des debats et decrets, No. 267, p. 274 ; a spectator in the galleries wrote 

 that this was a most impressive scene, that every one stood up and that 

 the people showed a true majesty. Journal d'une bourgeoise, June 20, 1792. 



'" Roedcrer, Chroniquc de cinquante jours, 35; Lettre de Ph-Ch-Ai 

 Goupilleau, depute de la Vendee, Paris, June 20. 1792, eleven p. m. 

 Madame Tourzelle (" Recit de ce qui s'est passe a la journee du 20 juin ") 

 who was in the chateau says the time was two hours and a quarter. 



"''^Journal de I'assemblce nationale, XXI, 317; Journal des debats et 

 decrets, No. 267, p. 274; Moniteur, XII, 718. The Moniteur says the as- 

 sembly adjourned at four o'clock but the other two papers say half past 

 three. Goupilleau, a deputy, also says half past three. "Lettre de Gou- 

 pilleau," June 20, 1792, eleven p. m. 



"""Rapport que fait M. de Romainvilliers;" Paroy, Memoires. The 

 reports of officers on duty at the Tuileries show that some attempt was 

 made by the commandant to guard the premises. See reports of Perre, 

 Aclocq, Lagarde, Carle, Rulhiere, Lassus, Leclerc, Mandat, Pinon and Mus- 

 sery. Bourcet, an eye witness of this scene, states that there were also 

 cannon and guards placed on the terrace, Revolution frangai^e, XVII, 73; 



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