A short time before the storming of the Tuilleries he had foreseen that the democratic party was prevailing, and he had joined it.

Danton and Santerre had discovered and appreciated his courage and energy, and he soon found himself a leader of the people.

It was he who directed the movements of the populace on the 10th of August, when the Tuilleries was sacked, and the Swiss guards were massacred on the steps of the King's palace.

Since that time Westerman had been a successful soldier in the republican army, not that he was by any means a vehement democrat: his object had been military success, and that only.

He had neither political theories or political ambition.