Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Lafayette ya ci gaba da raguwa a cikin jama'a a cikin rabin rabin 1791. The Cordeliers masu tsattsauran ra'ayi sun shirya wani taron a Champ de Mars a ranar 17 ga Yuli don tattara sa hannu a kan takarda ga Majalisar Dokoki ta kasa cewa ko dai ta soke mulkin mallaka ko kuma ta ba da damar yanke hukuncinsa a cikin kuri'ar raba gardama. An kimanta cewa taron ya kai mutane 10,000 zuwa 50,000. Masu zanga-zangar, sun sami maza biyu da ke ɓoye a ƙarƙashin bagade a taron, ana zargin su da leken asiri ko kuma yiwuwar sanya abubuwan fashewa, a ƙarshe sun rataye mutanen a kan hasken fitilu kuma sun sanya kawunansu a kan iyakar pikes. Lafayette ya hau zuwa Champ de Mars a kan jagorancin sojojinsa don dawo da tsari, amma sun sadu da su da duwatsu daga taron. Tabbas, an yi yunkurin kashe Lafayette, duk da haka bindigar mai bindiga ta yi kuskure a kusa. Sojojin sun fara fara harbi sama da taron don tsoratar da su da kuma tarwatsa su, wanda hakan ya haifar da ramuwar gayya da kuma mutuwar masu sa kai biyu. Babu shakka, an umurci 'Yan Tsaron Ƙasa su yi wa jama'a harbi
, raunata da kashe adadin da ba a sani ba. Rahotanni daga mutanen da ke kusa da Lafayette sun yi ikirarin cewa kimanin 'yan kasa goma ne aka kashe a wannan taron, yayin da wasu rahotanni suka nuna hamsin da hudu, kuma mai wallafa jarida mai suna Jean-Paul Marat ya yi ikirarin cewa an zubar da gawawwaki fiye da ɗari huɗu a cikin kogin daga baya a wannan daren.