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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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