. Napoleon: his army and his generals; their unexampled military career. in thatmagistracy, but he found it entirely in possession of the Jaco-bin party. Mandat was arrested, and ordered a prisoner tothe Abbaye, wlJch he never reachtd, being pistoled by an as-sassin at the gate of the Hotel de Ville. His death was aninnniie loss to the Kings party. The motions of the assailants were far from being as promptand lively as on former occasions, wlien no great rt;sistancewas anticipated, Santerre, an emine\t brewer, who, from hisgreat capital, and liis affectation of popular zeal, had rai
. Napoleon: his army and his generals; their unexampled military career. in thatmagistracy, but he found it entirely in possession of the Jaco-bin party. Mandat was arrested, and ordered a prisoner tothe Abbaye, wlJch he never reachtd, being pistoled by an as-sassin at the gate of the Hotel de Ville. His death was aninnniie loss to the Kings party. The motions of the assailants were far from being as promptand lively as on former occasions, wlien no great rt;sistancewas anticipated, Santerre, an emine\t brewer, who, from hisgreat capital, and liis affectation of popular zeal, had raisedhimself to the command of the suburb forces, was equally in-active in mind and body, and by no means fitted for the des-perate part v/hich he was called on to play, Westerman, azealous Republican, and a soldier of skill and courage, cameto press Santerres march, informing him that the Marseilloigand Breton Federates were in arms in the Place du Cijousel,and expected the advance of the pikemen from the suburbs ofSt. Antoine and St. Marceau. On Santerres hesitating^. Chap, ii.] CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON. 47 Westerman placed his sword point at his throat, and the citi-zen commandant, yielding to the nearer terror, put his bandsat length in motion. Their numbers were immense. Butthe real strength of the assault was to lie on the Federates ofMarseiliois and Bretagne, and other provinces, who had beencarefully provided with arms and ammunition. They werealso secure of the Gens darms, or soldiers of police, althoughthese were called out and arranged on the Kings side. TheMarseiliois and Bretons were placed at the head of the Ioiktcolumns of the suburb pikemen, as the edge of an axe is arm-ed with steel, while the back is of coarser metal to give weightto the blow. The charge of the attack was committed toWesterman. The bridge adjacent to the Tuilleries, called the Point Roy-ale, was occupied by the insurgents, and the Quai on the op-posite side of the river was mounted with cannon, of
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