Recollections of a Minister to France 1869 1877 volume 2
Recollections of a Minister to France 1869 1877 volume 2
E B Elihu Benjamin Washburne
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Going farther up the Boulevard des Capucines, I found 154 THE DOWNFALL OF THE COMMUNE. many of the buildings riddled, and upon the sidewalk was a dead National Guard ; in a side street, a short distance from there, I saw yet another dead body of an insurgent. People passing by looked on them with ap- parent satisfaction. I continued on to the Place Ven- dome, which had been evacuated during the night, and for the first time saw the world-renowned Column Ven- dome, as it lay in the position in w...hich it had fallen. The insurgents had no time to remove the bronze, which was afterward made use of by the government in its restoration. The Place de la Concorde was evacuated at the same time. The insurgents retreated in the direc- tion of the Hotel de Ville and up the Rue de La Fayette. From the Place Vendome I went to the Rue de Rivoli, and proceeded cautiously toward the Tuileries under the Arcade. The Tuileries were still burning, and the flames were bursting out in a part of the building where they had not before reached.
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