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 hidden—suddenly drew a revolver, and shot him through the head. The woman was immediately arrested, and the body of the officer was carried to the cemetery of Montmartre.

Meanwhile, after the capture of the Place Clichy, a second column had penetrated into the Rue des Carrières, where another barricade had been raised. Here the insurgents held out until the troops, masters of Saint Ouen, had turned the cemetery, and placed the Rue des Carrières between two fires.

A dozen National Guards remained alone on the barricade, and refused to surrender. They were taken, and immediately shot.

The troops now advanced to the assault of the Moulin de la Galette, the highest point of the Buttes Montmartre. After an active engagement of twenty-five minutes, the 72d and 51st regiments, aided by the Volunteers of the Seine, carried the place, and planted the tricolor on the heights.

The Volunteers of the Seine, who took so active a part in the capture of Montmartre, belonged to the brigade of General Pradier, in the 1st army corps. This battalion consisted of 300 officers who had volunteered their services to the Assembly at the outbreak of the insurrection, and who heroically fulfilled their engagements. Out of the three hundred, sixty-two were killed or wounded.

One of these, the Commandant Durrieu, rendered himself particularly remarkable for his courage.

The 1st corps advanced toward Montmartre. The fire from the barricade in the Rue Marcadet troubled the march of the column. Twenty-five volunteers, with a company of soldiers, carried the position. Durrieu proposed immediately to assault the heights:

"Allons-y!" replied the captain, simply.