The king's abnormal behavior angered the citizens of Paris. 12 On July 2nd, 10000, more than 100 citizens took to the streets to hold a rally. In Louis XV Square, the cavalry sent by Louis XVI waved butcher knives at unarmed people, causing many casualties. /kloc-in the early morning of 0/3, citizens took up arms and rushed into the arsenal, seizing tens of thousands of muskets and several cannons. The people of Paris revolted. Soon, the rebels took control of the city. 14, the uprising reached its climax, and an insurgent shouted: "Capture the Bastille!" So thousands of uprising soldiers rushed to the Bastille.