about ten o'clock
A blouse pointed a pistol at an officer of the Municipal Guard ; the pistol hung fire , and the officer passed his sword through his assailant 's body . From this you can infer that we have had close fighting . '' `` I have heard that an assault was made on the armory of our friends , the Leparge Brothers , for weapons ; is it so ? '' `` There was an assault at about ten o'clock ; but the windows were too strong to be carried . There has been fighting in the Rue de Petit Carrel , and the neighborhood of the Place Royale , I learn . Achmet Pacha , son of Mehemet Ali , is fighting for us with the most wonderful intrepidity . A chef de bataillon of the 34th was slain by a shot from a window , and some offices of the Octroi have been burned .