The Battle of Montmontre

The first really heavy fighting thou came at the tuilerie palace, where the entire palace complex was held by just 300 national guardsmen with 30 cannons backing them up. The communarts had barricaded the base of the hill facing west, but this is one of those moments where they were not prepared to be attacked from all sides. One corps soon reached and commanded the champ de mars and the ecole miletaire. Another swung up north, secured the area around the ac de triemphe, upon which they then flew the tri color in well triumph. And then they advanced to take the train station of saint lazare. Even further to the north, a unit moved on the part