- ture of Courbevoie by the Versailles Troops—The Bridge
of Neuilly taken—Shells fall at the Arc de Triomphe—Persecution
of the Clergy—Imprisonment of the Archbishop
of Paris—Conflict of the Commune and Central
Committee—Bergeret Incarcerated—Despatch of Dombrowski—The
fight at Courbevoie—Attack on the Insurgent
Outposts at Issy—Account given by General
Cluseret—The Committee of Conciliation. 105
CHAPTER VI.
M. Jules Favre at Prussian Headquarters—Letter of Paschal
Grousset to the Prussian Commander—Proclamation posted
at St. Denis—Sacrilege of the Communists—Religious
services discontinued—Decree ordering the destruction
of the Column Vendôme—Article in the Mot d'Ordre—Shells
fall far into Paris—Report of General Cluseret—Battery
at Trocadèro—Marshal de McMahon appointed
Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Versailles—Formation
of that Army—The Army of Reserve—Fighting on
the 15th—Elections of the 16th—Fighting at Asnières—The
Chateau de Bécon carried by the Troops—The Government
accused of Procrastination—Deputations to Versailles—Address
of the Republican League—Programme
of the Commune—Severe firing on the 19th—Losses of the
Insurgents—Attack of the Insurgents on the Bridge at
Neuilly—Their Defeat—Letter from the Archbishop to
M. Thiers—Damage caused in Paris by Shells—Engagement
at the Bridge of Clichy—Explosion of a Powder
Magazine—Convents and Nunneries invaded—Atheism of
the Communists—The Executive Committee—Suppression
of Journals—Insurgent Batteries at Lavallois and Clichy—Attack
on the Park of Neuilly—Proclamation announcing
an Armistice at Neuilly—Expectation of a grand attack—Attack
on Levallois by the Troops—Repulsed by Dombrowski. 131
