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 Brought forward 90,500,000 Churches                                                   1,000,000 Barracks                                                   1,000,000 Theatres                                                   7,000,000 Reparation of public buildings                             1,000,000 Palaces and monuments burned                             114,000,000 Reparation of palaces and monuments                        1,000,000 War expenses                                             260,000,000 Houses burned                                             78,000,000 Houses half burned or damaged                             34,000,000 The villages in the environs of Paris                     70,000,000 Railroads                                                 10,000,000 Commerce                                                 200,000,000 -               Total                                     867,500,000

Among the men who supported the Communal insurrection might be counted a great number of foreigners. Many of these belonged to the International Society, fanatics who had volunteered for the cause of Socialism, numbering perhaps 20,000, and who obeyed implicitly every order of the Society received through the medium of the Central Committee.

The war with Prussia had also drawn towards the unhappy city of Paris a large number of adventurers of every race and climate, who flock always towards any spot where events are thrown out of their ordinary course by some great excitement.

Among the thousands of prisoners who defiled along the boulevards might be seen Russians, Italians, Greeks, Wallachians, Belgians, Dutch, Irish, Spanish, and, above all, Poles.

Among the chiefs, the number of foreigners was also considerable, and seemed gathered from all quarters of the globe. Every nation had one or more representatives, as may be seen by the following list:

Anys-el-Biltar, director of manuscripts at the National Library (Egyptian).