Uprising of March 18, 1871
Videos
The Paris uprising of 18 March 1871 was an insurrection involving elements of the National Guard and sections of the Parisian population, triggered by the attempt of the government led by Adolphe Thie
National Guard cannons on the Montmartre heights, March 1871
Prussian artillery bombarding Paris during the siege
The failed uprising of 22 January 1871 outside the Hôtel de Ville
Jacques Leon Clément-Thomas
Videos
Jacques Léon Clément-Thomas was born in 1809 in Libourne and shot in Paris on 18 March 1871, one of the first deaths of the Paris Commune. A Republican of the old guard, Clément-Thomas was an army gen
Clément-Thomas caricatured by Amédée de Noé in 1851.
The Killing of Generals Clément-Thomas and Lecomte, 6 rue des Rosiers, Montmartre - Photomontage by Eugène Appert. Bibliothèque historique de la Ville de Paris.
The execution of General Jacques Léon Clément-Thomas