[51] The Gardiens de la Paix replaced the Sergents de Ville. They
carried no sword, and wore a cap with a tricoloured band and cockade;
in fact were the policemen of Paris. The Gendarmerie are the country
police.
[52] Tricoteuses (knitters), women who attended political
clubs—working whilst they listened—1871 refined upon the idea of 1793.
The first revolution had its Tricoteuses, that of 1871 its
Petroleuses!!!