. Napoleon: his army and his generals; their unexampled military career. ghborhood of the capitala considerable body of troops from various parts of the king-dom. The citizens, determined to co-operate with the Na-tional Assembly in the establishment of a free government inopposition to the military force brought against them, formedthemselves into a regular militia, classed according to theirseveral sections^ and amounting to 48,000 men. They after-wards took the name of the National Guard and appointedLa Fayette commander in chief. Some unknown individual, on the morning of the 14th ofJuly,
. Napoleon: his army and his generals; their unexampled military career. ghborhood of the capitala considerable body of troops from various parts of the king-dom. The citizens, determined to co-operate with the Na-tional Assembly in the establishment of a free government inopposition to the military force brought against them, formedthemselves into a regular militia, classed according to theirseveral sections^ and amounting to 48,000 men. They after-wards took the name of the National Guard and appointedLa Fayette commander in chief. Some unknown individual, on the morning of the 14th ofJuly, after attracting the attention of the citizens, exclaimed, Let us take the Bastile. The name of this fortress, whichrecalled to the memory of the people every thing hateful andoppressive in the ancient despotism, operated with immediateand irresistible effect. The cry of ^ To the Bastile, re-sounded from rank to rank, from street to street, and from thePalais Royal to the suburbs of St. Antoine. An army com-posed of citizens and soldiers provided with pikes forged dur. DESTRUCTION OF THE BASTILE. P 15. Chap, i.] CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON. 15 ing the ni-ghl, and with muskets procured at the Invalids, wasimmediately formed. The French guards were prevailed up-on to join this motley crew, and the close order of their march,their shining firelocks, their military appearance and theircannon, while they exhibited a striking contrast to their partycolored allies, afforded the only reasonable hope of reducinga fortress hitherto terrible to the Parisians, and which sincethe time of Louis XI, had been accustomed to receive thevictims of royal despotism. Deputations from the Hotel deVille, an astonishing crowd in motion from the vicinity, abody of armed men in front, and forces marching to their sup-port from all parts of an immense capital, equally intimidatedand perplexed de Launey the governor, who sometimes par-leyed and sometimes fought with the assailants. To the as-tonishment of all mi
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