Today's installment concludes The 1871 Paris Commune,our selection from Histoire de la France contemporaine by Gabriel Hanotaux published in

A violent wind arose; it came from the south, and spread the flames, the smoke, the horror of the immense conflagration in a squall of fire toward the

From this moment there was war in the streets, but a war without method, without guidance, without a chief, a war without discipline, the struggle of

The guillotine was solemnly burned in front of the statue of Voltaire, but it was replaced by the rifle.Continuing The 1871 Paris Commune,our

After the departure of M. Thiers, General Leflo, Minister of War, insisted on the necessity of complete evacuation.Continuing The 1871 Paris