FRENCH REVOLUTION.

Anglo-Maori Warder, Volume 1, Issue 12, 11 July 1848, Page 2

FRENCH REVOLUTION.

THE STORMING OF THE TUILERIES. The following is the best version that has hitherto appeared, of the storming of the Tuileries. We take it from the Reforme. Different versions of the taking of the Tuileries have been given. The event seems to us of such importance as to have caused us to seek to know the details. We give them as exact and as ctrcu-nstantial as possible. The sth Legion of the National Guard, having its Major, its Lieutenant-Colonel, two Chiefs of Battalions, and several officers at its head, mar.hed on the Tuileuea, It had arrived at the Rue de I'Echelle when firing was heard at the Place du Palais Royal. It was the post of the Chateau d'E u, which recommenced the combat. At the same instant the legion hastened to the place where the firing took place, and with it the thousand of combatants who followed it. At this moment Marsha 1 1 Gerard appenre 1 wi b a branch of verdure in his hand, enjoining the combatants to cease firing. The post of the Chateau refused, and the combat continued. The Marshall returned to the corner of the Rue St. Honore. At that moment an officer of the Chateau appeared, bearing a paper in his bauds. It was the abdication of Louis Philippe. The documeut was taken from the hands of the officer, by a lieutenant of the sth Legion, the Citizen Aubert Roche, and remitted to be preserved to the Ciiizeu Lagrange, of Lyons. The firing continued. It was feared that the troops confined in the Tuileries would come to take the combatants by the flank. A reconnoisance had been made. Within the railings there were 30,000 infantry, six pieces of ctnnon in Lattery, two squadrons of dragoons, without counting the armed guardians and some municipal guards. This force, pm tec ted by the railing; aud the artillery, could on this large place, if it had been attacked, give rise to a bloody battle—every was to ba feared. A profou .d §ilenca reigned, aad it was only interrupted by the fussilade of the Place du Palais Royal, and some muskets shot at the troops wi'hin the Chateau. It was learned thrt the Ist, 2nd, 3rd, 4'h, 6 hj, and 10th Legions surrounded the Tuileries. and tbat the othsrt were on the Tne combat was imminent. It was then that Lieutenant Ruche, adi arcing towaids the railing near the Hue de Rivoh cau&ed the Commandant of the Tui eries to be stfnt for. That person arrived with great fea:. *' Yon j a. e lost,** cried the lieutenant; '* you are surrounded, | and a combat will ensue if you do not evacuate the Tuileries, and give it up to the National Guard." The Commandant understanding the position, caused the troop, to he ranged in lh.e against the Chateau without cauiiog to kave. Before they ha 1 been drawn up in echelon 1 *, seeing that the movement of retreat was not effected, Citizen Aubert Roch, accompanied by Citizen Leseur. chef de Batailon of the Canton of Lagny Rincy, who joined the sth Legion, ran to the railing of the Rue de Rovoli, knocked and announced themselves with a flag of truce. The gate was opened, and both of them, accompanied with tbeir swc» is in ihcir hint's, entered into the midst of the court, which was full of soldiers. The Commandant of th. Tuileries advanced, saying that he had the troops to he withdrawn. "That is not enough," said the lieute nant; "the palace must be evacuated; if not, misfortune wi 1 happen." The Commandant then conducted the two officers before the Pavilion de l'Horlege, wliere stood several generals, and the Duke de Nemours, all with consternation impressed on their faces, *' Monseigner,' said the Commandant, " here is an excellent citizen, who will give you the means of preventing tne effusion of blood!" What must be done?'* said the Prince in a trembling voice to the lieutenant who was presented to him. " Sir, you must evacuate the Palace at this very instmt, and give it up to the National Guard; if you do not, yon are lost. The combat will be a bloody one. The Tuileries are surrounded ; the sth Legion, of which I form a part, is fighting at this moment at the Palace Royal with its major and superior officers at its head. Take care that the combat does not cease before these troops have left; if not, the battle will be engaged even here in spite of you.*' " You think so V* replied the Duke. " I will make the troops retire." and at the same instant, in presence of two officers of the National Guard, he gave the order to retreat. The artillery went by the railing of the Palace, and the Staff and the Duke de Nemours by the Pavilion de L'Houloge, their horses descending the flight of steps. The cavalry followed them, then the infantry. It was even forgotten to relieve the posts who remained. The citizen Aubert Roche charged himself to introduce the National Guard into the Palace. He went to warn the National Guard who were then near the Staff. The National Guards then put the butt ends of their muskets in|the air, and entered the Court of the Tuileries by the railing of the Uue de Rivoli, accompanied by the curious, alt quite astonished to find themselves masters of the Palaee. A quarter of an hour alter the combat ceastd on the Place du Palais Royal, the com - batants hastened to attack the Tuileries, but they fcund the gates opened. Thus was taken, or rather surrendered, this re onbtable |fottrese. A National Guard made a summons in the name of the armed people, and royalty evacuated the place. •