The Conquest of the City of Paris

The king himself came down to the hotel de ville to confirm all this in person. Lafayette was asked by the paris electors to take command of that hastily raised citizen militia we talked about last week, a citizen militia that would soon be more formally organized into the national guard. Then the electors selected bye to be mayor of paris, a brand new office that would lead a brand new political entity called the paris commune. The comte d'artois quickly and quietly decamped versailles and for the northeastern frontier,. leading what would become the first batch of aristocratic emigres fleeing from the revolution - collectively known as the capital e emigres.