Arriving at the monument, Lagaillarde leaped nimbly up on to the plinth and, flanked by other leaders of the "Seven", vehemently harangued the crowd: "Are you going to let Algérie française be sold down the river? Will you allow traitors to govern us? Will you go to the end of the line to keep Algérie française?" The massed pieds noirs roared back their responses. It was abundantly clear that Lagaillarde had them completely under his spell by the time Salan and his party reached the scene.

Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Alge…, loc. 868