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) — 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)Leighton, John
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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
I. The Memorable 18th of March—Line and Nationals
Fraternise—Discipline at a Discount
II. Assassination of Generals Lecomte and Clément Thomas
III. Proclamation of M. Picard—The Government retires to Versailles
IV. The New Regime Proclaimed—Obscurity of New Masters
V. Paris Hesitates—Small Sympathy with Versailles
VI. The Buttes Montmartre
VII. An Issue Possible—An Approved Proclamation
VIII. Demonstration of the Friends of Order
IX. The Drama of the Rue de la Paix—Victims to Order
X. A Wedding
XI. The Bourse and Belleville
XII. Watching and Waiting
XIII. A Timid but Prudent Person
XIV. Some Federal Opinions
XV. Proclamation of Admiral Saisset—Paris Satisfied.
XVI. A Widow
XVII. The Central Committee Triumphs
XVIII. Paris Elections
XIX. The Commune a Fact—A Motley Assembly
XX. Proclamation of the Elections
XXI. A Batch of Official Decrees—Landlord, and Tenant
XXII. Requisitions and Feasts
XXIII. Removals and Retirements
XXIV. A General Flight
XXV. An Envoy to Garibaldi
XXVI. Commencement of Civil War—Beyond the Arc de Triomphe
XXVII. Mont Valérien opens on the Federals—Contradictory News
XXVIII. Death of General Duval—Able Administration
XXIX. Antipathy to the Church—The Archbishop Interrogated
XXX. The Accomplices of Versailles
XXXI. Death of Colonel Flourens
XXXII. The Cross and the Red Flag
XXXIII. Colonel Assy of Creuzot—Disgrace of Lullier
XXXIV. Fighting goes on
XXXV. Federal Funerals
XXXVI. Prudent Counsel
XXXVII. Suppression of Newspapers
XXXVIII. The Second Bombardment—Avenue de la Grande Armée—Reckless Aim of the Versaillais
XXXIX. The Plan of Bergeret
XL. Another General—Police and Pressgang—A Citizen of the World
XLI. Women and Children
XLII. Why is Conciliation Impossible?
XLIII. The Portable Guillotine
XLIV. The Common Grave
XLV. Idle Paris
XLVI. The Press
XLVII. Day follows Day
XLVIII. The Condemned Column—Model Decrees
XLIX. Thiers and Conciliation—Paris and France
L. Communist Caricatures—Political Satire
LI. Gustave Courbet—Federation of Art—Courbet, President
LII. Camp, Place Vendôme
LIII. Elections of the 16th of April
LIV. The “Change” under the Commune
LV. Elections sans Electors—Farce of Universal Suffrage
LVI. À la Mode de Londres
LVII. The Little Sisters of the Poor
LVIII. Bécon and Asnières taken—Declaration to the French People—Federation of Communes—The Commune or the Deluge
LIX. A Court-Martial
LX. A Heroic Gamin
LXI. Killing the Dead
LXII. The Truce at Neuilly—Porte-Maillot destroyed—Neuilly in Ruins
LXIII. Masonic Mediation—The Envoy of Peace—Citizens and Brothers—A White Flag on Porte-Maillot
LXIV. Prudent Monsieur Pyat
LXV. Resources of the Commune—The Royal Road to Riches
LXVI. The Prophecy of Proudhon
LXVII. Revolutionary Balloons
LXVIII.
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