M. de la Salle
was near being killed through the addition of an r. It is he who
had taken command of the National Guard on the 13th of July.
[9] Floquet, VII. 54. There is the same scene at Granville, in
Normandy, on the 16th of October. A woman had assassinated her
husband, while a soldier who was her lover is her accomplice; the
woman was about to he hung and the man broken on the wheel, when the
populace shout, "The nation has the right of pardon," upset the
scaffold, and save the two assassins.
[10] Bailly, II. 274 (August 17th).
[11] Bailly, II, 83, 202, 230, 235, 283, 299.
[12] Mercure de France, the number for September 26th. - De
Goncourt, p. 111.
[13] Mercier, "Tableau de Paris," I, 58; X. 151.
[14] De Ferri?res, I. 178. -- Buchez and Roux, II. 311, 316. --
Bai11y, II. 104, 174, 207, 246, 257, 282.
[15] Mercure de France, September 5th, 1789. Horace Walpole's
Letters, September 5, 1789. -- M. de Lafayette, "M?moires," I. 272.
During the week following the 14th of July, 6,000 soldiers deserted
and went over to the people, besides 400 and 800 Swiss Guards and
six battalions of the French Guards, who remain without officers,
and do as they please.
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