New-York tribune., 1871-06-27
DRAMATIC INCIDENTS OF THE FALL OF THE
COMMUNE.

An English medical student, who from
motives Of humanity, joined as physician one OF the
battaons OF the Paris National Guard, and served our
Ing the rise and fan of the Commune, gives In The
London Daily interesting details Of the scenes
prior 10 the overthrow Of the Paris revouuonsts his
position gave him peculiar facilities for observing and
narratine dramatic incidents which otherwise would
have remained long untold. He says:
many proofs of the dogged adherence ot these
sbout 40 years of age brought 10 me WIN buIeJ
through Ms igng odn m baSSaged @ in somewhat careless
manner by the barber he was put INTO corner ne
sUorR orR when I suddenly heard loud cry behind
me IL came from the wounded man, VINO was
i ran 10 ask him what he wanted, and; after some
struggles, he said: "Ctizen, am soioleT @ & oI eTe @
nying in u. Tell my friends that dled cry Crying @ ou
Vye la Commune few % more ne noyToSE sEp staff
received bullet in the abdomen, ana was or9ugno
pi tie sept for when he arrived-a ta handsome
ieIowT took him to his younger brother, who re-
hour; tel D6m6rowsh that want a little rest est
pnd that it is not from looked SS"aI'e st him for for
one minute in manner cannot describe TOOK ms mana
Wrung in great agony and saying, e. eV,e 1 AM ~
the hail. before his last footsteps died away ms
moor brother was dead. body Of men Ike these
huards II only properly commanded, might nave done
u0nders Dombrowskicame 20 see me III the evening,
sIe was vefy pleasant fellow and talked with great
deal of sense. he deplOred the want W lI, nv
hSS T WE Continued dav after day until the final strug
gle Then the confusion was totally indescHDape We
had heard the disaster at lssy-the men Were denQ
i cer Cor whom the men had any respect, gave
orders 10 retreat Paris 10 the last harcade ana TEL
sgrnhed 10 DOmbrOwsd for rGenfOrcements, as our
hsttsion was now reduced 20 little more than 12O men,
We received orders TO rerCatutO FaIls Wch we Ccoru
ngly did and up positions al the Porte dc Passy
doomed In few days be the gate by Whlch tne Yer
saes troops were 10 enter. IheIe saw iOI tuC r st
time the troops called Volunteers Of the Republic They
Yere splendid fellows full o! pluck thoroughly CON
Vinced that the Republic the only thing worth living
for and resolved 70 tight for u IKE demons HcI @
two regiments of them and they numbered about 1900
men Out OF all these 800 only survived the Datte
and they were taken prisoners, anu WedI HU 9t ~ p &
Champ de Mars. The Versailles troops were e INTO Iats
oy the remnants Of the cath Battalion rms kh9% & 20
he fact The traitors Immediately c1nst'uetu % ~ the
selves prisoners. and shot for thef pains ia the
gone 10 Paris 70 give orders at the Intendaoe io ~
Int &C. ana had slept at my hOtI III the hsdIt vi & &
CITY scarcely describe my surprise when tOlu Dy
the concierge with terTihed LOOK, nOt 10 70 4n' oue "a
hide the cellars-Or the troops were IN Parls, ana
would be probably IN our quarter III al hour Hou naV
T0uickly took my decision. I knew at once that to
entirely surrounded by the troops and probably
long ago shot therefore sailed FORTH armed with my
1nsng mai 5eades @ Se Ia1 Ho Dc WIZ way Hrbt t confusion
ttl prevailed and not asked by drunken
sentIles what my business was mounted the gTahu
stsircase 20 the first floor Inc place was erarGmed
tered, Deputy, whom II ~ prudent not to name,
the time had come for the last struggle Of the glorious
COinmune The speech was lsteheQ 10 WIN great al
tentlon When had finished DeleEcluze was sent for
de tod them In few short sentences that the cause
utterly Ott unless the Versailles troops refused TO march,
hnd That the only thing the Commune bad 10 DO was 10
tbQ. by example that the men who bad urged them 20
bgb ana de were not the last 20 die themselves when
me Ine had come for them TO do 20. For me- ne SAID
81 feel tnat my last political struggle against Mon
1Tchy ana Imperialism has come 20 end. shall
ole myseH Know; but. gentlemen, feel convinced
that for every drop OF mine COmmuDes blood
eye iBen VIII one day spring forward % avenee s and
~ establish IL future yeaTe that which, owing To- our
backward education We have failed establish now"
He finished hie speech amid silenoe then the