History of the Paris Commune of 1871 by Lissagaray (original) (raw)
Lissagaray 1876
Translated from the French by Eleanor Marx
Written: Prosper Olivier Lissagaray (1838-1901);
First Published: in French, 1876;
Translated: Eleanor Marx, 1886;
Source: New Park Publications, 1976;
Mark-up: Andy Blunden, 2002.
Contents
II. The coalition opens fire on Paris
IV. The Central Committee calls for elections
V. Reorganisation of the Public Services
VI. The mayors and the Assembly combine against Paris
VII. The Central Committee forces the mayors to capitulate
VIII. Proclamation of the Commune
IX. The Commune at Lyons, St. Etienne and Creuzot
X. The Commune at Marseilles, Toulouse and Narbonne
XI. The Council of the Commune wavers
XII. The Versaillese beat back the Commune patrols and massacre prisoners
XIII. The Committee is defeated at Marseilles and Narbonne
XIV. The weaknesses of the Council
XV. The Commune’s first combats
XVI. The Manifesto and the germs of defeat
XVII. Women of the Commune and the opposing armies
XVIII. The work of the Commune
XIX. Formation of the Committee of Public Safety
XXI. Paris bombarded: Rossel flees
XXII. Conspiracies amongst the Commune
XXIII. The ‘Lefts’ betray Paris
XXIV. The new Committee at work
XXV. Paris on the eve of death
XXVIII. The street battles continue
XXXI. The Commune’s last stand
XXXIII. The fate of the prisoners
XXXIV. The trial of the Communards
XXXVI. The balance sheet of bourgeois vengeance
Review by E. Belfort Bax, December 1886
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