The  conflict  had  now  commenced  in  the  Rue  Saint  Honore,
of  which  the  insurgents  were  masters.  The  first  shots  were
fired  from  the  Hotel  de  Noailles,  and  a  murderous  fire  ex-
tended the  whole  length  of  this  line.  A  few  moments  after-
wards, on  the  other  side,  two  columns  of  sectionaries,  about
four  thousand  strong,  commanded  by  the  count  de  Maulevier,
advanced  by  the  quays,  and  attacked  the  Pont  Royal.  The
action  then  became  general,  but  it  could  not  last  long;  the
place  was  too  well  defended  to  be  taken  by  assault.  After
an  hour's  fighting,  the  sectionaries  were  driven  from  Saint
Roch  and  the  Rue  Saint  Honore,  by  the  cannon  of  the  con-
vention and  the  battalion  of  patriots.  The  column  of  the
Pont  Royal  received  three  discharges  of  artillery  in  front  and
on  the  side,  from  the  bridge  and  the  quays,  which  put  it  en-
tirely to  flight.  At  seven  o'clock  the  conventional  troops,  vic-
torious on  all  sides,  took  the  offensive;  by  nine  o'clock  they  had
dislodged  the  sectionaries  from  the  Theatre  de  la  Republique
and  the  posts  they  still  occupied  in  the  neighbourhood  of  the
Palais  Royal.  They  prepared  to  make  barricades  during  the
night,  and  several  volleys  were  fired  in  the  Rue  de  la  Loi.
(Richelieu,)  to  prevent  the  works.  The  next  day,  the  14th,
the  troops  of  the  convention  disarmed  the  Lepelletier  section,
and  compelled  the  others  to  return  to  order.
