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CHAPTER XIII.

The Line of Battle—Boulevard Richard-Lenoir—Capture of
the Buttes Chaumont—Resistance at Père-Lachaise—Appearance
of the Cemetery—Taking of La Villette—Government
Circular—Hostile attitude of Belleville—Rage of the
Insurgents—Belleville Conquered—Circular issued by M.
Thiers—Proclamations of Marshal de MacMahon—Vicar
Lamazou's Letter—Military Decrees—Arms taken from
the Insurgents—Paris divided into four Military Departments—Aspect
of the City—The Louvre—The Tuileries—The
Palais-Royal—The Hotel de Ville—Escape of the
Archives—The Bank of France—The Palais de Justice—The
Legion of Honor—The Conseil d'Etat and the Cour
des Comptes—Cost of the Commune to the City of Paris—Strangers
of the Commune. 435


CHAPTER XIV.

Projet de loi concerning the Hostages—Funeral Services of the
Archbishop and the other victims, celebrated at Notre-Dame—Immense
number of Prisoners captured by the
Government—Description of the Camp at Satory—Audacity
of a Communist—Fate of the Members of the Commune—Billioray—Gambon—Eudes—Okolowitch—Mathieu—Varlin—Jourde—Johannard—La
Cecilia—Treilhard—Paschal
Grousset—Regère—Vesinier—Verdure—Courbet—Rossel—Vermorel—Cluseret—Dufil—Langelle—Razoua—Rochefort—His
Ingratitude to his Father—Letter of Henri V.—M.
Ducatel made Knight of the Legion of Honor—The
American Minister in Paris—His Letter concerning the
Archbishop—First Condemnation of the Councils of War—Conclusion. 482