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The number I gave as that of the wretched men killed by the bayonet was 450. I was under the mark. In his report of the affair General Cissey says, "Two hundred insurgents were left dead on the spot. We have taken many insurgent officers and 300 prisoners and cannon." The Commune alleges that the redoubt fell into the hands of the Versailles troops by means of treason.
Moving along the Boulevard Mont Rouge they came upon very strong and formidable barricades, defended by six cannon and mitrailleuses, supported by musketry fire from the houses. The position was so strong that even with the assistance of the artillery Cissey was unable to advance farther in this direction.
General Douai has taken the Church of the Trinity, and is marching upon the Mairie in the Rue Drouot. "Generals Cissey and Vinoy are advancing towards the Hôtel-de-Ville and the Tuileries. MAY 24th. "The Generals, desiring to treat the city with lenity, withheld any attack upon public monuments in which the insurgents had taken up positions. This morning they carried the Place de la Concorde.
Close and immediately opposite to me is the Invalides, with its gilded dome shining brightly as ever. The wide esplanade of the École Militaire, almost immediately underneath it, is nearly covered with armed men, cannon, and horses. Shells from the positions of General Cissey, at Montrouge, are every minute falling close to the lofty dome of the Panthéon.
I inquired of President Thiera if I could with propriety call on the marshal. He answered that it would be very acceptable, no doubt, but suggested for form's sake that I should consult the Minister of War, General de Cissey, which I did, and he promptly assented.
Immediate preparations were then made for the advance right and left, but as the enemy was still keeping up a fire from 7-pounders and Mitrailleuses, along the bastions between Vaugirard and Montrouge, a regular assault of these positions by the division under General Cissey was determined upon. I have already announced that it has been successful.
I inquired of President Thiera if I could with propriety call on the marshal. He answered that it would be very acceptable, no doubt, but suggested for form's sake that I should consult the Minister of War, General de Cissey, which I did, and he promptly assented.
The following are the Ministries of the Republic in 1870-1900: 1870, Favre; 1871, Dufaure ; 1873, De Broglie ; 1874, Cissey; 1875, Buffet; 1876, Dufaure ; 1876, Simon; 1877, De Broglie ; 1877, De Rochebouet; 1877, Dufaure ; 1879, Waddington; 1879, Freycinet ; 1880, Ferry ; 1881, Gambetta; 1882, Freycinet ; 1882, Duclerc; 1883, Fallières; 1883, Ferry ; 1885, Brisson; 1886, Freycinet ; 1886, Goblet; 1887, Rouvier; 1887, Tirard ; 1888, Floquet; 1889, Tirard ; 1890, Freycinet ; 1892, Loubet; 1892, Ribot ; 1892, Dupuy ; 1893, Casimir Périer; 1894, Dupuy ; 1895, Ribot ; 1895, Bourgeois; 1896, Méline; 1898, Brisson; 1898 Dupuy ; 1899, Waldeck-Rousseau.
A bloody victory over demented brethren hangs awful laurels on the French sword: De Gallifet, Vinoy, Ducrot, L'Admirault, Cissey, D'Aurelle de Palladines, Besson and Charrette surround the unlucky veteran, Marshal McMahon, Duc de Magenta. General Le Flo, the Minister of War, hurls this great army against the two hundred and fifty-two battalions of National Guards within the walls of Paris.
A distinguished officer, M. de Cissey, who had been detailed as my aide-de-camp during my trip, took the poor fellows' case in hand, and undertook to lay their complaint before the general. I saw something else at Boghar which was not so depressing another fantasia, a huge one, performed by thousands of Arabs, who had hastened in from all quarters.
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