Here, artillery men, here is the enemy!_" And he pointed to the king's windows, turned his guns, and levelled them at the palace.

The troops following this desertion of the artillery, remained in line, but took the powder from the pans of their muskets in sight of the people, in sign of fraternity, and allowed a free passage to the malcontents.
At this movement of the soldiers, the commandant of the national guard, who witnessed it, called from the court to the grenadiers, whom he saw at the windows of the _Salle des Gardes_, to take their arms, and defend the staircase.

The grenadiers, instead of obeying, left the palace by the gallery leading to the garden.
Santerre, Theroigne, and Saint-Huruge hastened by the gate of the palace.

The boldest and stoutest of the men in the mob went under the vault which leads from the Carrousel to the garden, dashed the artillerymen on one side, and seizing one of the guns, unlimbered it, and carried it in their arms to the _Salle des Gardes_, on the top of the grand staircase.

The crowd, emboldened by this feat of strength and audacity, poured into the apartment and spread like a torrent throughout the staircase and corridors of the Chateau.