"All the other persons whom we have been able to see—MM. Henri Martin, Barthélemy St. Hilaire, Humbert, Victor Lefranc, &c., have spoken to us in the same way, and this unanimity could not but make a deep impression upon us."
XIV.—(Page 290.)
This is the textual copy of a report addressed to the Versaillese general staff:—
"The mot d'ordre has been tampered with on the 17th, 18th, and 19th.
"We had that of Versailles (General Douai's corps).
"There has been an explosion at the Rapp powder magazine, as I have already reported to you. There were some dead, and many wounded.
"A commissary of police of the Commission of Safety has made about forty arrests. Those made on account of the explosion are estimated to be about 125.
"Sergeant Toussaint (3rd battery, 2nd squadron) has been arrested by the Commune. It is said that this brave officer is shot.
"The sick, according to our information, had been taken away either the day before or on the morning of the day of the catastrophe to the Hôtel des Invalides. The workwomen, and not the men, were sent home earlier that day.
"The official of the Audit Office of the Hospital du Gros-Caillou, M. Bernard, has behaved very well.