who was defending the bastille when it was attacked
Storming of the Bastille The regular garrison consisted of 82 invalides (veteran soldiers no longer suitable for service in the field).[26] It had however been reinforced on 7 July by 32 grenadiers of the Swiss Salis-Samade Regiment from the regular troops on the Champ de Mars.[27] The walls mounted 18 eight-pound guns and 12 smaller pieces. The governor was Bernard-René de Launay, son of the previous governor and actually born within the Bastille.[23]