Who do you think repeatedly sent to urge the execution of this measure?
Myself; yes, myself!"] [Footnote 2676: In "Histoire de la Revolution Francaise" by Ferrand & Lamarque, Cavailles, Paris 1851, vol.II.Page 225 we may read the following footnote: "This very evening, a young artillery lieutenant observed, from a window of a house in the rue de l'Echelle, the preparations which were being undertaken in the chateau des Tuileries: that was Napoleon Bonaparte .-- Well, right, asked the deputy Pozze di Borgo, his compatriot, what do you think of what is going on?
This evening they will attack the chateau.

Do you think the people will succeed ?--I don't know, answered the future emperor, but what I can assure you is that if they gave me the command of two Swiss battalions and one hundred good horsemen, I should repel the insurgents in a manner which would for ever rid them of any desire to return." (SR)] [Footnote 2677: Napoleon, at this moment, was at the Carrousel, in the house of Bourrienne's brother.

"I could see conveniently," he says, "all that took place during the day...

The king had at least as many troops in his defense as the Convention since had on the 13th Vendemaire, while the enemies of the latter were much more formidable and better disciplined.

The greater part of the national guard showed that they favored the king; this justice must be done to it." (It might be helpful to some readers to know that when Napoleon refers to the 13th Vendemaire, (5th Oct.