"The whole battalion was by no means ready to march."-- Official report of the Montreuil section.

Bonneau, the commander concludes to march only under protest and to avoid spilling blood.] [Footnote 2536: Deposition of Lareyrnie, a volunteer soldier of the Ile Saint-Louis battalion.] [Footnote 2537: Deposition of M.Witinghof, lieutenant-general.--"Correspondence of Mirabeau and M.de la Marck." Letter of M.de Montmorin, June 21.

"At two o'clock the gathering amounted to 8,000 or 10,000 persons."] [Footnote 2538: Moniteur, XII.717.

"What a misfortune for the freemen who have transferred their powers to you, to find themselves reduced to the cruel necessity of dipping their hands in the blood of conspirators!" etc .-- The character of the leaders is apparent in their style.

The incompetent copyist who drew up the address did not even know the meaning of words.