The National Guard defects and organizes a Central Committee. Thus, the law leads to the bankruptcy of many petty bourgeoisie. National Assembly adjourns. With trouble in Paris, it establishes its government at Versailles on March 20. Generals Claude Martin Lecomte and Jacques Leonard Clement Thomas are killed by their own soldiers.
Many troops peacefully withdraw, some remain in Paris.
Thiers outraged, the Civil War begins . Commune consists of workers, among them members of the First International and followers of Proudhon and Blanqui. The Commune remitts all payments of rent for dwelling houses from October 1870 until April 1871. In return for the 5 billion francs indemnity payment, Bismarck agrees. The French Army begins seige of Paris.