noon
`` The Hôtel de Ville , the Places de la Bastille , de la Concorde and du Carrousel , and the Quays frown with artillery . To-morrow will be a warm day ! '' `` It has been rather warm to-day in some parts of Paris , '' said Louis Blanc , smiling . `` Was there ever a grander spectacle than that in the Place de la Concorde at noon ? At least one hundred thousand men were there assembled . Rushing across the bridge , they gathered around the Chamber of Deputies -- then from the southern gate of the Tuileries issued two bodies of troops , one of mounted Municipal Guards , the other infantry of the Line , and , pressing on the dense mass , they drove them over the bridge . Only a few old fruitwomen were crushed beneath the horses ' hoofs , and a few of the troops were wounded by pebbles , however . ''