The Swiss Guards and the Insurrectionary Mob

About two hours later, the forces of the insurrectionary commune had finally cleared the bridges and gathered in one great mass. They were at least 20 thousand strong by now. At their head was no scruffy artisans or angry fishwives, but trained soldiers. And at the head of the head was that particularly eager company of national guardsmen from marseilles. What we do know is that the national guard inside the palace immediately defected to the mob. Then it seems like there was a back an that led some in the crowd to believe that the swiss and the left over courtiers were going to stand down and let them in. So when the gates opened and they poured