“ The Swiss of Diesback, who guarded the gate, had erected some works, and stationed patroles on the outside; in the mean time the cavalry entered, raising the cry of treason, Aristocrate, and à la lantern.
"The confusion now became general; many, without knowing who commanded, demanded the head of Rochambeau; I then went to the suburbs; the infantry now presented themselves, but in small numbers; the road was covered with cavaliers, all crying treason. Not one wounded, not even a horse. ”

“ Rochambeau must also perish, and all the nobility in the army. Dillon is coming in a cabriole; his thigh is already broken, let's go and finish him. The cabriole soon appeared; the general was in it, without a hat, with a calm and firm look; he was escorted by four horse guards; he had hardly passed through the gate, when more than a hundred bayonets were thrust into the cabriole, amidst the most horrible shouts! The horse guards made use of their sabres, it is true, but I dont know whether it was to defend themselves, or to protect the general. ”

“ I heard the ridicule and the barbarous shouts of the soldiers, and saw them amuse themselves in striking the dead bodies with their hands. They were crouded in a wheel-barrow, with the officer of engineers. ”