Anarchic Conceptions
31-03-2006, 17:17
Rather surprising turn of events in France, Clicky! (http://www.guardian.co.uk/fromthearchive/story/0,,983409,00.html)
A sanguinary and obstinate insurrection has outbroken in Paris in consequence of the determination of the government to clear the atollers nationaux of the immense numbers of workmen who have homes supported at the expense of the taxpayers...
...the combatants seem to have been animated with the most obstinate fury. Torrents of blood have flowed, but the accounts are so various that it is impossible to state the number of killed and wounded.
One report estimates the total number of slain at 11,000 but others speak of smaller numbers, although it is owned on all hands that it has been one of the most bloody struggles ever decided in the streets of Paris.
The national guard are said to have at first turned out reluctantly, and to have acted with hesitation; but at least they seem to have fought with the utmost determination and energy.
The statements respecting the garde mobile vary, as some reports affirm that a portion of it showed symptoms of disaffection, and even refused to act against the insurgents; but other accounts speak in the highest terms of its courage and energy. The troops of the line appear never to have wavered or hesitated for a moment.
The French have really grown soft over the last few years
A sanguinary and obstinate insurrection has outbroken in Paris in consequence of the determination of the government to clear the atollers nationaux of the immense numbers of workmen who have homes supported at the expense of the taxpayers...
...the combatants seem to have been animated with the most obstinate fury. Torrents of blood have flowed, but the accounts are so various that it is impossible to state the number of killed and wounded.
One report estimates the total number of slain at 11,000 but others speak of smaller numbers, although it is owned on all hands that it has been one of the most bloody struggles ever decided in the streets of Paris.
The national guard are said to have at first turned out reluctantly, and to have acted with hesitation; but at least they seem to have fought with the utmost determination and energy.
The statements respecting the garde mobile vary, as some reports affirm that a portion of it showed symptoms of disaffection, and even refused to act against the insurgents; but other accounts speak in the highest terms of its courage and energy. The troops of the line appear never to have wavered or hesitated for a moment.
The French have really grown soft over the last few years