Paris Commune
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The Paris Commune was a French revolutionary government that seized power in Paris on 18 March 1871 and controlled parts of the city until 28 May 1871. During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871, the
A barricade thrown up by the Communard National Guard on 18 March 1871
Children in factory at the forge under the Second French Empire
Louis Auguste Blanqui, leader of the Commune's far-left faction, was imprisoned for the entire time of the Commune.
French National Guard soldier, 1870
Louis Charles Delescluze
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Louis Charles Delescluze was a French revolutionary leader, journalist, and military commander of the Paris Commune.
Paris Commune
…siege of Paris at Le Bourget, with heavy losses. On 31 October, the leaders of the main revolutionary groups in Paris, including Blanqui, Félix Pyat and Louis Charles Delescluze, called new demonstrations at the Hôtel de Ville against General Trochu and the government. Fifteen thousand demonstrators, some of them armed, gathered…
Louis Charles Delescluze
Caricature of Delescluze in La Commune series
An illustration of the death of Delescluze
The grave of Delescluze in the 49th division of the Pére Lachaise Cemetery