Camp, Court and Siege A Narrative of Personal Adventure and Observation During Two Wars: 1861-1865; 1870-1871

CHAPTER XXI.

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Diplomatic Corps moves to Versailles.--Journey there and back.--Life at Versailles.--German Princes.--Battle at Clamart.--Unburied Insurgents.--Bitterness of Class Hatred.--Its Probable Causes.--United States Post-office at Versailles.--The Archbishop of Paris.--Attempts to save his Life.--Washburne's Kindness to him.--Blanqui.--Archbishop murdered.--Ultramontanism.--Bombardment by Government.--My Apartment struck.--Capricious Effects of Shells.--Injury to Arch of Triumph. --Bas-reliefs of Peace and War 256