CHAPTER XXII.

Reign of Terror.--Family Quarrels.--The Alsacians, etc., claim German Nationality.--They leave Paris on our Passes.--Prisoners of Commune.--Priests and Nuns.--Fragments of Shells.--"Articles de Paris."--Fearful Bombardment of "Point du Jour."--Arrest of Cluseret.--Commune Proclamations.--Capture of Paris.--Troops enter by Undefended Gate.--Their Slow Advance.--Fight at the Tuileries Gardens.--Communist Women.--Capture of Barricades. --Cruelties of the Troops.--"Pétroleuses."--Absurd Stories about them.--Public Buildings fired.--Destruction of Tuileries, etc., etc. --Narrow Escape of Louvre.--Treatment of Communist Prisoners. --Presents from Emperor of Germany 271

CAMP, COURT, AND SIEGE.