The Fall of Paris: The Siege and the Commune 1870-71 (91 page)

Seine, River,
137
,
143
,
186
,
230
,
347

Senlis,
75

Serrailler,
332

Sheppard, Professor Nathan,
180–1
,
182
n.,
215
,
244

Sheridan, General,
45
,
52–53
,
75
,
208

Siècle, Le
,
242

Simon, Jules,
70
,
115
,
117
,
266
,
274

Simon, Létoile,
128

Skelly, Charles,
321–2

Smyth, Reverend Dr. J. W.,
170–1

Soir, Le,
242

Sparks, Annette and Ellen,
171

Spicheren,
44

Stalin, Joseph,
432

Standard, The,
87
,
103
,
108
,
149

Staneley, Colonel John C.,
295
,
317
,
319–20
,
323–4
,
329
,
342
,
346
,
348
,
350
,
356
,
360
,
367
,
376–7
,
384–5
,
390–1
,
400
,
406–7
,
430

Steinmetz, General,
44–45
,
75

Stoffel, Colonel,
40
,
210

Stosch, General von,
201

Strasbourg,
106
,
199
,
202
,
258

Susbielle, General,
269–70

Swager, Charles,
213

Swinburne, Dr.,
175

Tamisier, General,
93
,
99–101
,
113
,
118
,
120

Tann, General von der,
140

Theisz,
297
,
301

Thiers, Adolphe,
13
,
63
,
229
,
266
,
269
,
270
,
274
,
278
,
282
,
293
,
380
,
417
; declines office,
57
; at Ferrières for peace talks,
81–82
; brings armistice proposal,
107
; further armistice talks refused by Bismarck,
120
; replaces Trochu,
253–4
,
256
; character,
257
; at armistice talks,
258–9
; dealings with the insurgents,
282
,
284
; proclaims victory over Commune after polls,
288
,
289
; musters troops at Versailles,
306
; declares war on Commune,
307
; in no hurry to advance on Paris,
313–14
; keeps up pressure on Neuilly,
319
; bombards Paris,
322–3
; captures Fort Issy,
342
; fury of Commune against,
348–9
; his house destroyed,
349
; adamant against exchanging Blanqui for the Archbishop,
354
; fifth-column work,
357
,
363
; refuses parley with Freemasons,
362
; threatened by Bismarck, on question of entering Paris,
363
; determined on ‘expiation’ of Commune,
377
; instructions for ‘lawful repression’ ignored,
403
; his ‘expiation’ begins,
414
ff.; at the victory review,
420
; succeeded by MacMahon,
426

Thomas, General Clément,
120
,
149
,
161
,
226
,
260
,
272
,
274
,
423

Times, The
,
38
,
52
,
69
,
79
,
121
,
128
,
163
,
166
,
171–2
,
194
,
215
,
264
,
417

Tirard, Major,
282–4
,
286–7
,
300

Tissandier, balloonist,
123–4
,
126–7

Tours,
84
,
106–7
,
124
,
128
,
138–41
,
144
,
146
,
193
,
206–7

Tridon,
301

Trinquet,
412

Trochu, General Louis Jules, early career,
47–48
; attends Châlons
Conference,
47
,
49
; predicts Siege of Paris,
48
; as Governor of Paris,
49–50
; accepts post of President,
56
; notifies Palikao of Republic,
57
; doubts about National Guard,
62
,
92
; works on Paris defences,
63
,
69–70
,
72
,
83
; physical appearance,
70
; character,
71
; pessimism of,
71–72
;
80
; and battle of Châtillon,
77
,
80
; on Gambetta’s balloon flight,
84
; love of bombast,
89
; opposition to,
90–91
,
97
,
99–100
; reaction to Le Bourget attack,
104–6
; and surrender of Metz,
107
; during ‘Black Monday’ uprising,
107
ff.; and
le plan Trochu
,
136
ff.; changes Basse-Seine plan,
142
; failure of efforts to contact Gambetta,
144–6
; reluctant to let foreigners leave,
170
; second sortie and,
190–2
; resignation of, demanded,
193
; opportunities missed by,
200
; protests against bombardment,
214
; prays for a miracle,
222
; determines on ‘supreme effort’,
224
; disbands battalions of National Guard,
229
; plan for final break-out attempt,
231
; receives last salute,
233
; relieved of military command,
234–6
; withdraws into oblivion,
253
,
426
; escapes from death,
273
; refuses help to Rochefort,
423
; little now recalled of,
433

Troplong,
33

Turpin, guardsman,
270

Urbain,
353
,
422

Vaillant, Marshal,
68
,
301

Vallès, Jules,
119
,
289
,
298
,
415

Van der Goltz,
33

Vanves, Fort,
202–3
,
212
,
346–8
,
353

Varlin, Eugène,
100
,
283
,
291
,
297
,
302
,
327
,
380
,
398
,
409
,
412–13

Vengeur, Le
,
260
,
297
,
309
,
332
,
375

Verlaine, Paul,
59–60
,
95
,
179
,
299
,
334
,
366
,
402
,
425

Vermorel,
119
,
332
,
339
,
401

Versailles, as Prussian headquarters,
196
ff.,
211
,
217–18
,
258
; as French Government headquarters,
269
n.,
278
ff.,
306
ff.; travel between Paris and, 357–8