When news of Lafayette's failure reached Paris, the whole city was abuzz.
Following the distribution of images depicting Lafayette's hanging and Frost's speech in Paris, widespread panic ensued immediately.
Nobles and big merchants still in Paris were so frightened that they dragged their families to the northeastern border, clogging the roads out of the city.
Their obvious target was General Bouillé at the border; the French King Louis XVI and his family were there.
It was said that on the way to escape, many nobles and big merchants tore off the tricolor emblem and donned the iris, the symbol of the Bourbon Royal Family.
The National Assembly didn't flee; the controlling Girondists elected a new National Guard commander, Lucena, who prepared the troops for combat, determined to defend Paris.
