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The 46th battalion Montrouge were relieved from duty two hours before their time last night because they talked of opening the Gates. This battalion consists for the most part of shopkeepers. The new battalion called the "Vengeurs du Père Duchesne" were shut up in the Luxembourg Gardens, all points of egress being guarded, because they declined to march outside the city.
Of course many wholly innocent persons perished, for the troops of the Commune had been of two kinds, the National Guard and the Volunteers. Most of the latter were devils incarnate. Among them were the Vengeurs de Flourens, who were foremost in executions, and bands called by such names as Les Enfants du Père Duchêne and Les Enfants Perdus.
One of the warders of the prison, Henrion by name, made some attempt to expostulate with the Vengeurs de Flourens, who had been told off for the execution. "What would you have?" was the answer. "Killing is not at all amusing. We were killing this morning at the Prefecture of Police. But they say this is reprisal. The Versaillais have been killing our generals."
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