The Paris Commune. Tuesday, May 16, evening. The military situation for the Paris Commune is becoming more serious day by day. By now the 16th arrondissement is under enemy fire from a hundred cannons from the front, the side, and in enfilade. The munitions factory on Avenue Rapp exploded today. The entire Grenelle district was affected: a rain of flames, molten lead, human debris, burning beams that rose from the Champ de Mars to an enormous height, scattered the area with projectiles and debris. Four houses collapsed, more than forty people were seriously injured. Only the intervention of the Commune's firefighters prevented further disasters.
