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  CHAPTER XI. THE COUNCIL OF THE COMMUNE WAVERS FROM ITS FIRST SITTINGS—THE MAYORS AND ADJUNCTS ELECTED DESERT EN MASSE 153   CHAPTER XII. SORTIE OF THE THIRD APRIL—THE PARISIANS ARE REPULSED EVERYWHERE—FLOURENS AND DUVAL ARE KILLED—THE VERSAILLESE MASSACRE SOME PRISONERS 162   CHAPTER XIII. THE COMMUNE IS VANQUISHED AT MARSEILLES AND NARBONNE 171   CHAPTER XIV. THE GREAT RESOURCES OF THE COMMUNE—THE GREAT WEAKNESS OF THE COUNCIL—NOMINATION OF CLUSERET—DECREE CONCERNING THE HOSTAGES—THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE—THE BANK 182   CHAPTER XV. THE FIRST COMBATS OF NEUILLY AND ASNIÈRES—ORGANISATION AND DEFEAT OF THE CONCILIATORS 190   CHAPTER XVI. THE MANIFESTO OF THE COUNCIL—THE COMPLIMENETARY ELECTIONS OF THE 16TH APRIL SHOW A MINORITY WITHIN THE COUNCIL—FIRST DISPUTES—THE GERMS OF DEFEAT 199   CHAPTER XVII. OUR PARISIENNES—SUSPENSION OF ARMS FOR THE EVACUATION OF NEUILLY—THE ARMY OF VERSAILLES AND THAT OF PARIS 207   CHAPTER XVIII. THE PUBLIC SERVICES—FINANCE—WAR—POLICE—EXTERIOR—JUSTICE—EDUCATION—LABOR AND EXCHANGE 217   CHAPTER XIX. THE FREEMASONS JOIN THE COMMUNE—THE FIRST EVACUATION OF THE PART OF ISSY—CREATION OF THE COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY 236   CHAPTER XX. ROSSEL REPLACES CLUSERET—THE RIVALRIES—THE DEFENCE OF THE FORT OF ISSY 246   CHAPTER XXI. PARIS IS BOMBARDED—THE FORT OF ISSY SUCCUMBS—THE COUNCIL ELECTS A NEW COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY—ROSSEL FLIES 254   CHAPTER XXII. THE CONSPIRACIES AGAINST THE COMMUNE 265   CHAPTER XXIII. M. THIERS' POLICY WITH REGARD TO THE PROVINCES—THE EXTREME LEFT BETRAYS PARIS 271   CHAPTER XXIV. THE IMPOTENCE OF THE SECOND COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY—EVACUATION OF THE FORT OF VANVES AND OF THE VILLAGE OF ISSY—THE MANIFESTO OF THE MINORITY—THE EXPLOSION IN THE AVENUE RAPP— FALL OF THE VENDÔME COLUMN 283   CHAPTER XXV. PARIS ON THE EVE OF DEATH 293   CHAPTER XXVI. THE VERSAILLESE ENTER PARIS ON SUNDAY, 21ST MAY, AT THREE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON—THE COUNCIL OF THE COMMUNE DISSOLVES 304   CHAPTER XXVII. MONDAY 22ND—THE VERSAILLESE INVADE THE QUARTERS OF THE EAST—PARIS RISES 313   CHAPTER XXVIII. TUESDAY 23RD—MONTMARTRE IS TAKEN—THE WHOLESALE MASSACRE—WE LOSE GROUND—PARIS ON FIRE—THE LAST NIGHT OF THE HÔTEL-DE-VILLE 326   CHAPTER XXIX. WEDNESDAY 24TH—THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL EVACUATE THE HÔTEL-DE-VILLE—THE PANTHÉON IS TAKEN—THE VERSAILLESE SHOOT THE FEDERALS BY HUNDREDS—THE FEDERALS SHOOT SIX HOSTAGES—THE NIGHT OF THE CANNON