On leaving the town they separated.
The captain of the gendarmerie, who knew the localities better than the colonel of dragoons, took upon himself to guard the window of La Correrie, giving upon the forest of Seillon, with his eight men.
The colonel of dragoons was commissioned by Roland to watch the main entrance of the Chartreuse; with him were five gendarmes and five dragoons.

Roland was to search the interior, taking with him five gendarmes and seven dragoons.
Half an hour was allowed each squad to reach its post; it was more than was needed.

Roland and his men were to scale the orchard wall when half-past eleven was ringing from the belfry at Peronnaz.

The captain of gendarmerie followed the main road from Pont d'Ain to the edge of the woods, which he skirted until he reached his appointed station.

The colonel of dragoons took the crossroad which branches from the highway of Pont d'Ain and leads to the great portal of the Chartreuse.