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assuring them that their zeal would only endanger the life of the 

 king. They obeyed promptly .-''- 



The door was ordered opened, the bolts being drawn by a Swiss 

 guard, and twenty or thirty people rushed in.^**^ It is reported 

 that one of the first who entered was armed with a sword blade 

 fastened to a pole and that he tried to attack the king. Another 

 carried a saber and a pistol.-'^* Aclocq states that he cried out, 

 " Citizens, recognize your king, respect him ; the law commands 

 you to do it. I will perish, we will all perish rather than allow 

 the least harm to be done to him." Then he says, "At these 

 words, uttered in a firm voice, the crowd stopped. "^''^ One of the 

 grenadiers, M. Cannolle, cried out, "Long live the nation! Long 

 live the king!" but no one answered. ^"'^ During this pause of a 

 few minutes some one proposed to the king that he retire to a 

 window recess where he could avoid the crowd and where he 

 could be better seen by them. This he did at once and mounted 

 a seat which he kept until the crowd passed out.-°^ Madame 



^"^ " Rapport d'Aclocq"; "Declaration de Guingerlot " ; Bourcet in Rev- 

 olution frangaise, XVII, 73; others say that the king ordered the sheath- 

 ing of the weapons. Recit exact et circonsiancie de ce qui s'est passe au 

 chateau des Tuileries, 20 juin, 1792. This pamphlet claims to be based on 

 the notes of an eye-witness who was at the side of the king. It was 

 written after the 23d of June. 



^"^ " Declaration de Fontaine " ; " Declaration de LaChesnaye " ; " Rapport 

 d'Aclocq." Paroy, who remained guard at the king's door all night after 

 this invasion, states {Memoir es, 303) that at daybreak he made a drawing 

 of the room as it appeared at the time the king gave the order to open 

 the door. The drawing has not been found. 



^ " Declaration de Lecrosnier." 



*"" Rapport d'Aclocq"; "Bulletin avec details sur ce qui s'est passe 

 aux Tuileries le 20 juin, 1792," Klinckowstrom, II, 303; Letter unsigned 

 dated June 21, quoted in Weber, Memoires, II, 190. 



^'*" Rapport d'Aclocq." CanoUe is referred to as protecting the king in 

 Le cri de la douleur, 15. 



^" " Rapport d'Aclocq " ; Bourcet in Revolution frangaise, XVII, 72) ', 

 "Declaration de Gosse"; "Declaration de Lecrosnier"; "Declaration de 

 Fontaine " ; " Declaration de LaChesnaye " ; LaChesnaye is the only one 

 of these witnesses who says the king retired to the window recess before 

 the doors were ordered opened. The others give the incident just after 

 the doors were opened. 



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