In a similar manner the authority of the King being broken, all the powers, which he delegated, fall to the ground.[1303] Intendants, parliaments, military commands, grand provosts, administrative, judicial, and police functionaries in every province, and of every branch of the service, who maintain order and protect property, taught by the murder of M.de Launey, the imprisonment of M.de Besenval, the flight of Marshal de Broglie, the assassinations of Foullon and Bertier, know what it costs should they try to perform their duties.

Should it be forgotten local insurrections intervene, and keep them in mind of it.
The officer in command in Burgundy is a prisoner at Dijon, with a guard at his door; and he is not allowed to speak with any one without permission, and without the presence of witnesses.[1304] The Commandant of Caen is besieged in the old palace and capitulates.

The Commandant of Bordeaux surrenders Chateau-Trompette with its guns and equipment.

The Commandant at Metz, who remains firm, suffers the insults and the orders of the populace.

The Commandant of Brittany wanders about his province "like a vagabond," while at Rennes his people, furniture, and plate are kept as pledges.