[23] Enquête sur le 18 Mars, Cresson, vol. ii. p. 135.
[24] Jules Simon, Souvenirs du 4 Septembre. His textual expressions.
[25] Enquête sur le 18 Mars, Jules Favre, vol. ii. p. 43.
[26] After the disaster of Orleans, which cut in two our army, he wrote: "The army of the Loire is far from being annihilated; it is separated into two armies of equal force."
[27] They avoided drawing up minutes to prevent even the appearance of being a municipality (Enquête sur le 4 Septembre, Jules Ferry, vol. i. p. 406). A dozen of these brave ones met with a few adjuncts at the mairie of the third arrondissement. They confined their whole efforts to seeking some one to replace Trochu. One of them, M. Corbon, has said (Enquête sur le 18 Mars, vol. ii. p. 613): "However displeased they might have been at the manner affairs were conducted by the Defence, they would not for the world overthrow or weaken the Government."
[28] This placard was drawn up by Tridon and Vallès.
[29] "See," said they, "what a terrible responsibility we should incur if we consented any longer to remain the passive instruments of a policy condemned by the interests of France and of the Republic."
[30] See the Minutes of the Government of the Defence, evidently arranged for the best by M. Dréo, the son-in-law of Garnier-Pages.
[31] Enquête sur le 18 Mars, Ducrot, vol. iii. p. xx.
[32] See the Minutes of the Government of Defence.