1870 Paris uprising

On October 31, 1870, a popular insurrection occupied Paris's City Hall (Hôtel de Ville).[1] Amidst the Franco-Prussian War, Parisians simultaneously heard of losses at Le Bourget and Metz alongside armstice negotiations. Incensed by what they viewed as treason, a group of 300 to 400 demonstrated at the City Hall and members of the left-wing National Guard captured and occupied the building with several members of the Government of National Defense inside.[2]

References
  1. Gluckstein 2006, p. 235.
  2. Gluckstein 2006, pp. 95–97.

Bibliography
  • Gluckstein, Donny (2006). The Paris Commune: A Revolutionary Democracy. Bookmarks. ISBN 978-1-905192-14-4.
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