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Destruction and executions as Paris falls to troops
Reports detail heavy losses among insurgents, including killed general and captured officers. Despatches recount hostages shot at La Roquette, including Archbishop Darboy and Abbé Deguerry. Paris disciplined by disarmament orders, patrols, and mass executions at Champs de Mars, Parc Monceaux, and Hotel de Ville as townsfolk endure shortages and fear further violence.
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Place de la Bastille
M. Thiers
la Roquette
Paris
de Guerry
Bonjean
Chaudey
Delescluze
Clinchamp
Milliére
Versailles
Belleville
Pare Ya Chaise
MM. Surat
Deguerry
Dueendray
Clair
Olivain
Caubert
Bungy
Allard
Jecker
Ménilmontant
Pére la Chaise
Chatelet
Champs de Mars
Parc Monceaux
Hotel de Ville
M‘mahon
Times
Eveats
Buttes Chaumont
Vincennes
St. Denis
Switzerland
Corps D’armée
Cissey
Ladmirault
Vincy
Army of Reserve
Cimchamp
Douay
Mazas
Champ de Mars
Marseilles
Naquet
Espivent
Corsica
Gambetta
France
Fontainebleau
National Guard
Department of the Seine
Marshal MacMahon
Commune
Mairie
Telegraph
Father Bazin
Lamazon
the Madeleine
Paris Ateliera
The
Rue de la Paix
Vendéme
Place Vendaéme
Batignolles
Madame Milliére