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 of Neuilly taken—Shells fall at the Arc de Triomphe—Persecution of the Clergy—Imprisonment of the Archbishop of Paris—Conflict of the Commune and Central Committee—Bergeret Incarcerated—Despatch of Dombrowski—The fight at Courbevoie—Attack on the Insurgent Outposts at Issy—Account given by General Cluseret—The Committee of Conciliation. 105
 * ture of Courbevoie by the Versailles Troops—The Bridge

CHAPTER VI.

M. Jules Favre at Prussian Headquarters—Letter of Paschal Grousset to the Prussian Commander—Proclamation posted at St. Denis—Sacrilege of the Communists—Religious services discontinued—Decree ordering the destruction of the Column Vendôme—Article in the Mot d'Ordre—Shells fall far into Paris—Report of General Cluseret—Battery at Trocadèro—Marshal de McMahon appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Versailles—Formation of that Army—The Army of Reserve—Fighting on the 15th—Elections of the 16th—Fighting at Asnières—The Chateau de Bécon carried by the Troops—The Government accused of Procrastination—Deputations to Versailles—Address of the Republican League—Programme of the Commune—Severe firing on the 19th—Losses of the Insurgents—Attack of the Insurgents on the Bridge at Neuilly—Their Defeat—Letter from the Archbishop to M. Thiers—Damage caused in Paris by Shells—Engagement at the Bridge of Clichy—Explosion of a Powder Magazine—Convents and Nunneries invaded—Atheism of the Communists—The Executive Committee—Suppression of Journals—Insurgent Batteries at Lavallois and Clichy—Attack on the Park of Neuilly—Proclamation announcing an Armistice at Neuilly—Expectation of a grand attack—Attack on Levallois by the Troops—Repulsed by Dombrowski. 131