BEGINNING OF THE PARIS COMMUNITY, Uprising of 18 March 1871. - Lot 562

BEGINNING OF THE PARIS COMMUNITY, Uprising of 18 March 1871. "The NATIONAL GUARDS OF PARIS are spreading the absurd rumour that the Government is preparing a coup d'état... the measures it has taken were essential to maintain order: It has wanted and wants to put an end to an insurrectionary committee, whose members, almost all of whom are unknown to the population, represent only communist doctrines and would put Paris to the sword and France to the grave, if the National Guard and the army did not rise up to defend, by mutual agreement, the Fatherland and the Republic...." Adolphe THIERS, DUFAURE, E. PICARD, Jules FAVRE, Jules SIMON, POUYER-QUERTIER, General LE FLO, Admiral POTHUAU, LAMBRECHT, DE LARCY. Imprimerie Nationale, March 1871. Closet (56 x 45) State B+ (The uprising on 18 March 1871 was the response of the Parisian revolutionaries to Adolphe Thiers' decision to withdraw their arms and cannons. Within 24 hours, the government and regular troops withdrew to Versailles and abandoned the capital to the insurgents. This was the beginning of the Paris Commune).