The Insurrection of the Tuilery

The insurrectionary commune, already controlling most of the fetere companies, declared themselves in control of the parisian national guard. Most of those companies accepted the declaration willingly, though not all would go over immediately. Back at the tuilery, the royal family waited nervously for the hammer to drop. The palace grounds were defended by about two thousand national guard, acouple hundred random courtiers and regular army officers and then 900 swiss mercenaries. King louis flirted briefly with the idea of leading the defence of the palace personally, but he was persuaded that that was a really bad idea so they took formal asylum within the legislative assembly.