One o'clock
One of the immense fountains afforded the gamins a place of shelter . Suddenly the flood of water was let on and they fled . Thus began the revolution . One o'clock tolled from the tower of the Madeleine . The area was clear . Cavalry patrolled the boulevards . Infantry , bearing , besides their usual arms , implements for demolishing barricades -- axes , adzes and hatchets -- each soldier one upon his knapsack , followed .