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Commissaries. They seized Adelsward by the throat, and thrust him outside
the Hall. Richardet, a feeble man, was thrown down and brutally treated.
Some were pricked with the points of the bayonets; nearly all had their
clothes torn.
The commander shouted to the soldiers, "Rake them out."
It was thus that sixty Representatives of the People were taken by the
collar by the coup d'état, and driven from their seats. The manner in
which the deed was executed completed the treason. The physical
performance was worthy of the moral performance.
The three last to come out were Fayolle, Teillard-Latérisse, and Paulin
Durrieu.
They were allowed to pass by the great door of the Palace, and they
found themselves in the Place Bourgogne.
The Place Bourgogne was occupied by the 42d Regiment of the Line, under
the orders of Colonel Garderens.
Between the Palace and the statue of the Republic, which occupied the
centre of the square, a piece of artillery was pointed at the Assembly
opposite the great door.
By the side of the cannon some Chasseurs de Vincennes were loading their
guns and biting their cartridges.
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