But so great is the indignation of the citizens, Tallien and his three colleagues dare not enter before the 16th of October.
(Mortimer-Ternaux, VIII., 197 and following pages.)] [Footnote 1178: Seventy thousand men were required to reduce Lyons, (Guillon de Montleon, II., 226) and sixty thousand men to reduce Toulon.] [Footnote 1179: Archives des Affaires etrangeres, vol.CCCXXIX.
(Letter of Chepy, political agent, Grenoble, July 26, 1793).

"I say it unhesitatingly, I had rather reduce Lyons than save Valenciennes."] [Footnote 1180: Ibid., vol.CCCXXIX.

(Letter of Chepy, Grenoble, August 24, 1793): "The Piedmontese are masters of Cluse.

A large body of mountaineers have joined them.

At Annecy the women have cut down the liberty pole and burnt the archives of the club and commune.