After a brief stay at the City Hall, Jerome Bonaparte mounted a white horse and left amidst the "reluctance to part" from the senior civil servants at the City Hall. The soldiers following Jerome Bonaparte had already transitioned from infantry to cuirassiers, members of the elite cavalry of the First Division directly under the control of Kuzen Montebon, the commander of the Paris First Division.
During the coup d'état in the early hours of December 2nd, the Lance Cavalry Corps served as couriers, accurately conveying directives from the Ministry of War to the subordinate three brigades, enabling them to execute arrest operations with utmost speed.
