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The troops , however , gave them no time to complete their preparations . A column entered a little before midnight by the gate of Passy , pushed on to the bridge of Jena , carried it after a sharp fight , and then charged at the double towards the heights of the Trocadero , where the Communists , taken completely by surprise , fled precipitously after a slight resistance , and at one o'clock in the morning the loyalists were in possession of this important position . At midnight another division entered at the Porte Maillot , and advancing took possession of the Arc de Triomphe . At two o'clock the head of the French column came down the street . In an instant candles were placed at every window , flags were hung out , and the inhabitants poured into the street and welcomed their deliverers with shouts of joy . The troops piled their arms and fell out , and as soon as they did so , men and women brought out jugs of wine and provisions of all kinds . In half an hour the inhabitants were ordered to return to their houses , and the troops wrapping themselves in their blankets laid down in the roadway to get two or three hours , sleep before the heavy work expected in the morning .