- Meant there was an enemy force in Paris - Only 5,000 men to resist 30,000 Royalists - National Guard entered Paris on 12 Vendemiaire in the evening they timidly advanced forward, inviting rebels to dismiss terms of dispersal. Guard withdrew after promise of dispersal - Republican forces were outnumbered 6 to 1 - At the close 300 Royalists lay dead - 13 Vendemiaire marks the end of Revolution - Vendemiaire defeat extinguished Royalist threat to Convention