ten o'clock
Monsieur Michaud now left them to take his place in the ranks of his battalion . It was not long before the National Guards were in motion , and for hours columns of troops moved up the Champs Elysées . The Rue Rivoli was actually choked with the men ; the mob shouted `` Vive la Commune '' until they were hoarse , and the battalions from the working quarters lustily sang the chorus of the Marseillaise . At ten o'clock Cuthbert and Mary arrived at the Arc de Triomphe on their way back . Along the whole line from the Tuileries the National Guard were bivouacked . The arms were piled down the centre of the road , and many of the men had already wrapped themselves in their blankets and lain down to sleep with their heads on their knapsacks . The wine-shops in the neighborhood were all crowded , and it was evident that many of the men had determined to keep it up all night .