the french revolution of 1830: Tuesday, July 27th Day one
At 4:30 pm commanders of the troops of the First Military division of Paris and the Garde Royale were ordered to concentrate their troops, and guns. In order to maintain order and protect gun shops from looters, military patrols throughout the city were established, strengthened and expanded. At 7:00 PM the fighting began. Parisians, rather than soldiers, were the aggressor. Stones, roof tiles, and flowerpots from the upper windows began to rain down on the soldiers in the streets. At first, soldiers fired warning shots into the air. But before the night was over, twenty-one civilians were killed. Rioters then paraded the death of one of their fallen throughout the streets shouting "Death to the ministers! Down with the aristocrats".