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e of Public Safety renewed. Members: Ranvier, Antoine Arnauld, Gambon, Eudes, Delescluze. Rossel resigns; his letter to the Commune. _Wednesday, 10th May_: Cannon from the Fort Issy taken to Versailles.--Decree for the demolition of M. Thiers' house. Delescluze appointed Delegate of War. _Friday, 12th May_: Troops take possession of the Couvent des Oiseaux at Issy, and the Lyceum at Vanves. _Saturday, 13th May_: Triumphal entry of the troops into Versailles with flags and cannon taken from the Convent. The evacuation of the village of Issy completed. Fort Vanves taken by the troops. _Sunday, 14th May_: Vigorous cannonade from the batteries of Courbevoie, Becon, Asnieres on Levallois and Clichy: both villages evacuated. Commencement of the demolition of house of M. Thiers. _Monday, 15th May_: Report of the rearmament of Montmartre. _Tuesday, 16th May_: The Column Vendome falls. _Wednesday, 11th May_: Powder magazine and cartridge factory near the Champ de Mars blown up. _Sunday, 21st May_: 2 p.m. the troops enter Paris.--Rochefort arrives at Versailles. Raoul Rigault and Regere charged with the hostage decree. _Monday, 22nd May_: Noon, explosion of the powder magazine of the Manege d'Etat-Major (staff riding-school). The hostages transferred from Mazas to La Roquette. Assy arrested in Paris by the Versaillais. The Assembly votes the re-erection of the Column Vendome. _Tuesday, 23rd May_: Montmartre taken. Death of Dombrowski. Morning, Assy arrives at Versailles. Execution of gendarmes and Gustave Chaudey at the prison of Sainte-Pelagie. Night, the Tuileries are set on fire. Delescluze and the Committee of Public Safety hold permanent sittings at the Hotel de Ville. _Wednesday, 24th May_: One p.m., the powder magazine at the Palais du Luxembourg blown up. The Committee of Public Safety organise detachments of fusee-bearers. Raoul Rigault shot in the afternoon by the soldiers. In the evening, execution in the Prison of La Roquette of the Archbishop, Abbe Deguerry, etc. _Thursday, 26th May_: The forts Montrouge, Hautes-Bruyeres, Bicetre evacuated by the insurgents. The death of Delescluze is reported to have taken place this day. Executions in the Avenue d'Italie of the Peres Dominicains of Arcueil. _Friday, 26th May_: Sixteen priests shot in the Cemetery of Pere Lachaise by the insurgents. _Saturday, 27th May_: The Buttes Chaumont, the heights of Belleville, and the Cemetery of Pere Lachaise
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