The Assault
17 March at 9:00 am, two companies of Musketeers, a hundred grenadiers, a battalion of Guards and a regiment of Picardy went over the top of the Grand Couronne. They achieved complete surprise and continued killing the enemy. The musketeers lowered the drawbridge and entered the city, progressing from house to house. The city council soon assembled and sent deputies to the King to negotiate surrender.
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