The Paris Commune. Monday, May 8, 1871. With a manifesto, Thiers, portrayed by Nadar in the photo I am publishing, sends an ultimatum to the Parisians. He asks for their help to put an end to the insurrection and informs them that the regular army will intervene in the city itself. Fort d’Issy. Between yesterday and today, the retreat of the federals from the fort, where there has been no food for days and only three cannons remain intact, has been decided. At 1 p.m. the fort was almost surrounded by the Versailles troops after they took the church of Issy. In the evening at 7 p.m. the evacuation began under enemy fire. An attempt to be reached by reinforcements coming from Paris was repelled during the night. Seventy navy cannons incessantly strike part of the walls of Paris in the 16th arrondissement.
