THE VERSAILLESE ENTER PARIS ON SUNDAY, 21ST MAY, AT THREE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON--THE COUNCIL OF THE COMMUNE DISSOLVES 304 CHAPTER XXVII. MONDAY 22ND--THE VERSAILLESE INVADE THE QUARTERS OF THE EAST--PARIS RISES 313 CHAPTER XXVIII. TUESDAY 23RD--MONTMARTRE IS TAKEN--THE WHOLESALE MASSACRES --WE LOSE GROUND--PARIS ON FIRE--THE LAST NIGHT OF THE HOTEL-DE-VILLE 326 CHAPTER XXIX. WEDNESDAY 24TH--THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL EVACUATE THE HOTEL-DE-VILLE--THE PANTHEON IS TAKEN--THE VERSAILLESE SHOOT THE FEDERALS BY HUNDREDS--THE FEDERALS SHOOT SIX HOSTAGES-- THE NIGHT OF THE CANNON 339 CHAPTER XXX. THURSDAY 25TH--THE WHOLE LEFT BANK FALLS INTO THE HANDS OF THE TROOPS--DELESCLUZE DIES--THE BRASSARDIERS STIMULATE THE MASSACRE--THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL EVACUATE THE MAIRIE OF THE ELEVENTH ARRONDISSEMENT 353 CHAPTER XXXI. THE RESISTANCE CENTRES IN BELLEVILLE--FRIDAY, FORTY-EIGHT HOSTAGES ARE SHOT IN THE RUE HAXO--SATURDAY 27TH, THE WHOLE TWENTIETH ARRONDISSEMENT IS INVADED--THE PERE LACHAISE IS TAKEN--SUNDAY 28TH, THE BATTLE ENDS AT ELEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING--MONDAY 29TH, THE FORT OF VINCENNES IS SURRENDERED 365 CHAPTER XXXII. THE VERSAILLESE FURY--THE SLAUGHTER-HOUSES--THE PREVOTAL COURTS--THE DEATH OF VARLIN--THE BURIALS 382 CHAPTER XXXIII. THE CONVOYS OF PRISONERS--THE ORANGERIE--THE ARRESTS--SATORY --THE DENUNCIATORS--THE PRESS--THE LEFT INSULTS THE VANQUISHED--DEMONSTRATIONS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES 395 CHAPTER XXXIV. THE PONTOONS--THE FORTS--THE PRISONS--THE FIRST TRIALS 408 CHAPTER XXXV. THE COURTS-MARTIAL--THE EXECUTIONS--BALANCE-SHEET OF THE CONDEMNATIONS 424 CHAPTER XXXVI. NEW CALEDONIA--EXILE--BALANCE-SHEET OF BOURGEOIS VENGEANCE --THE LIBERAL CHAMBER AND THE AMNESTY 445 APPENDIX 467 HISTORY OF THE COMMUNE. PROLOGUE. "Osons, ce mot renferme toute la politique de cette heure."--_Rapport de St. Just a la Convention._ HOW THE PRUSSIANS GOT PARIS AND THE RURALS FRANCE. _August 9, 1870._--In six days the Empire has lost three battles. Douai, Frossart, MacMahon have allowed themselves to be isolated, surprised, crashed. Alsace is lost, the Moselle laid bare. The dumbfoundered Ministry has convoked the Chamber. Ollivier, in dread of a demonstration, denounces if beforehand as "Prussian." But since eleven in the morning an immense agitated crowd occupies the Place de la Concorde, the quays, and surrounds the Corps Legislatif.