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CHAPTER VII.

The Armistice—Unhappy Condition of the Inhabitants of
Neuilly—Sitting of the Commune—Official Circular from
Versailles—Cannonade of Fort Issy—Reconnaissance on
the Boulevard Bineau—Meeting of Freemasons at the
Chatelet—English Journals—Les Moulineaux captured
by the Troops—Attack on Neuilly—Reported Cruelty of a
Versailles Captain—Speech of M. Thiers in the Assembly—Combats
on the Boulevard du Chateau—Proclamations of
General Cluseret—Meeting of Freemasons—Speeches at
the Hotel de Ville—Procession to the Ramparts—Deputation
to Versailles—Evacuation of Fort Issy—Re-occupied
by the Insurgents—Versailles Circular—Deposition of
Cluseret—His Arrest—Rossel appointed to the War
Department—His History—Issy summoned to Surrender—Rossel's
Reply—Committee of Public Safety—Letter of
Rossel—Capture of the Chateau of Issy—Heroic Defence
of the Fort—Cannonade of Fort Vanves—Redoubt of
Moulin—Jaquet taken—Fighting at Neuilly—Deputation
of the Republican League—Decree of the Committee of
Public Safety—Military Appointments—Brilliant Success
of the Troops—The Mont-de-Piété. 169


CHAPTER VIII.

Concert given at the Tuileries for the Benefit of the wounded
National Guards—Appeal of M. Thiers to the Inhabitants
of Paris—Battery of Montretout—Evacuation of Fort Issy—Occupation
by the Troops—Engagement at Moulin-Saquet—False
Reports given by the Official Journal—Rossel's
Report—His Letter—His Imprisonment and
Escape—Delescluze appointed Delegate of War—Fort
Vanves evacuated—The Insurgents again take Possession*