The Paris Commune. Monday, April 3, 1871. Militarily unprepared, the generals of the Commune decide on a sortie against Versailles. It is a disastrous adventure. Their 40,000 men are surprised by the bombardment from the cannons of the Mont-Valérien fort, which they mistakenly believed to be neutral, the coordination between the various battalions does not work and they are therefore forced to retreat. The general and member of the Commune Gustave Flourens is taken prisoner and killed. In Paris, in Place de la Concorde, several hundred women gather and march with the intention of going to Versailles to prevent bloodshed by trying to convince the government soldiers not to fight against the Commune. At the gates of Paris they stop and, for reasons not historically clarified, they stop and return to the center. Then many decide to go and help the communards of the National Guard wounded in battle.
