Opening the text

Paris under the Commune: The Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege; with Numerous Illustrations, Sketches Taken on the Spot, and Portraits (from the Original Photographs)Leighton, John

History

Paris under the Commune: The Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege; with Numerous Illustrations, Sketches Taken on the Spot, and Portraits (from the Original Photographs)

Name: Paris under the Commune: The Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege; with Numerous Illustrations, Sketches Taken on the Spot, and Portraits (from the Original Photographs)
Author: Leighton, John

Leighton, John

Paris (France) -- History -- Commune, 1871

Shells of    0.16m (marine). . . .  73,000
  ”          0.22m    ”  . . . . .  10,000
  ”          0.24m (rifled). . . . 140,000
  ”        for 12-pounder (rifled)  80,000
Bombs of     0.32m . . . . . . . .   1,000
  ”          0.27m . . . . . . . .   7,000
  ”          0.22m . . . . . . . .   7,000
  ”          0.15m . . . . . . . .  30,000
                                   ———
                          Total    348,000

The stock of gunpowder amounted to 400 tons.

Up to the 21st of May, the artillery received 20 tons a day, and on
that day 50 tons were forwarded to the besieging army.

Up to the 21st of May, the field ordnance consisted of—

      36 batteries of 4-pounders.
      18   ”         12-pounders.
       4   ”          7-pounders (breech-loaders).
      12   ”       of mitrailleuses.
      —

Total 70 batteries, 63 of which were provided with horses (7 being in
store).

The ammunition service consisted of—

  80 tumbrels (calibre 12), each containing  54 charges.
  30   ”      (calibre 7),       ”           90   ”
 120   ”      (calibre 4)        ”          120   ”
  55   ”      of mitrailleuses   ”          243   ”
5000 cases of ammunition  (for calibre 12), containing 49,000 charges.
 600         ”            (for calibre 4),    ”        12,000   ”
2000         ”            (for calibre 7),    ”        20,000   ”
1000         ”            for mitrailleuses   ”        30,000   ”
  16 millions of Chassepot cartridges, and
   2 millions of Remington cartridges.

On the evening of the 23rd of May the army of Versailles expended—

        26,000 discharges (calibre 0.16m), marine guns.
          2000     ”          ”    0.22m),     ”
        60,000     ”          ”    0.24m), rifled guns.
        30,000     ”          ”    0.12m), rifled siege guns.
        12,000     ”      (calibre of 7), used as a siege gun.
           150 bombs of 0.32m
           360   ”      0.27m
          2500   ”      0.22m
          5500   ”      0.16m
       ———-
Total  138,800 discharges of siege guns and mortars.—“Guerre
des Communeux,” p. 321.

The great feature of the second siege of Paris was the prudence
exercised in manoeuvring the men so as to protect them from needless
exposure, practical experience in German encounters having taught the
line a severe lesson. From the report of Marshal MacMahon we learn that
the lost amounted to 83 officers killed, and 430 wounded; 794 soldiers
killed, and 6,024 wounded, and 183 missing in all.




XVII.


LIST OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS, MONUMENTS, CHURCHES, AND HOUSES,

DAMAGED OR DESTROYED BY THE COMMUNISTS OF PARIS,

MAY 24-29, 1871.

Fire commenced in the houses marked thus (*).

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

Opening the text

Paris under the Commune: The Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege; with Numerous Illustrations, Sketches Taken on the Spot, and Portraits (from the Original Photographs)Leighton, John

History

Paris under the Commune: The Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege; with Numerous Illustrations, Sketches Taken on the Spot, and Portraits (from the Original Photographs)

Leighton, John

Paris (France) -- History -- Commune, 1871

Shells of    0.16m (marine). . . .  73,000
  ”          0.22m    ”  . . . . .  10,000
  ”          0.24m (rifled). . . . 140,000
  ”        for 12-pounder (rifled)  80,000
Bombs of     0.32m . . . . . . . .   1,000
  ”          0.27m . . . . . . . .   7,000
  ”          0.22m . . . . . . . .   7,000
  ”          0.15m . . . . . . . .  30,000
                                   ———
                          Total    348,000

The stock of gunpowder amounted to 400 tons.

Up to the 21st of May, the artillery received 20 tons a day, and on
that day 50 tons were forwarded to the besieging army.

Up to the 21st of May, the field ordnance consisted of—

      36 batteries of 4-pounders.
      18   ”         12-pounders.
       4   ”          7-pounders (breech-loaders).
      12   ”       of mitrailleuses.
      —

Total 70 batteries, 63 of which were provided with horses (7 being in
store).

The ammunition service consisted of—

  80 tumbrels (calibre 12), each containing  54 charges.
  30   ”      (calibre 7),       ”           90   ”
 120   ”      (calibre 4)        ”          120   ”
  55   ”      of mitrailleuses   ”          243   ”
5000 cases of ammunition  (for calibre 12), containing 49,000 charges.
 600         ”            (for calibre 4),    ”        12,000   ”
2000         ”            (for calibre 7),    ”        20,000   ”
1000         ”            for mitrailleuses   ”        30,000   ”
  16 millions of Chassepot cartridges, and
   2 millions of Remington cartridges.

On the evening of the 23rd of May the army of Versailles expended—

        26,000 discharges (calibre 0.16m), marine guns.
          2000     ”          ”    0.22m),     ”
        60,000     ”          ”    0.24m), rifled guns.
        30,000     ”          ”    0.12m), rifled siege guns.
        12,000     ”      (calibre of 7), used as a siege gun.
           150 bombs of 0.32m
           360   ”      0.27m
          2500   ”      0.22m
          5500   ”      0.16m
       ———-
Total  138,800 discharges of siege guns and mortars.—“Guerre
des Communeux,” p. 321.

The great feature of the second siege of Paris was the prudence
exercised in manoeuvring the men so as to protect them from needless
exposure, practical experience in German encounters having taught the
line a severe lesson. From the report of Marshal MacMahon we learn that
the lost amounted to 83 officers killed, and 430 wounded; 794 soldiers
killed, and 6,024 wounded, and 183 missing in all.




XVII.


LIST OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS, MONUMENTS, CHURCHES, AND HOUSES,

DAMAGED OR DESTROYED BY THE COMMUNISTS OF PARIS,

MAY 24-29, 1871.

Fire commenced in the houses marked thus (*).

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

Paris under the Commune: The Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege; with Numerous Illustrations, Sketches Taken on the Spot, and Portraits (from the Original Photographs)

Paris under the Commune: The Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege; with Numerous Illustrations, Sketches Taken on the Spot, and Portraits (from the Original Photographs)

No reviews yet