Perpignan was a new proof of this.
In the night of the 6th of December, the officers of the regiment of Cambresis, in garrison in this town, went in a body to M.de Chollet, the general who commanded the division, and urged him to retire into the citadel, as they had learnt that a conspiracy was formed in the regiment, which threatened alike his and their lives.

M.de Chollet complied with their earnest request, whilst they went to the barracks, and ordered the men to follow them to the citadel.

The soldiers replied that they would only obey M.Desbordes, their lieutenant-colonel, in whose patriotism they had the greatest confidence.

M.Desbordes came, and read to the soldiers the order of the general; but the inflexion of his voice, the expression of his face, his glance, alike seemed to protest against the order which his duty as a soldier compelled him to communicate to them.

The troops understood this mute appeal, and declared that they would not quit their quarters, because the municipal authorities had forbidden them: the national guard joined them and patrolled the streets: the officers shut themselves up in the citadel, and shots were fired from the ramparts.