The Paris Commune. Saturday, March 25, 1871. Today in Paris political activity is in full swing ahead of tomorrow's elections: meetings, calls to vote, posters all over the city. News from the nation: today the Commune of Toulouse is proclaimed while the experience of the one in Lyon ends with the entry of the regular army into the city. In Narbonne, the 1,500 soldiers of the 52nd Infantry Regiment turn their backs on the mayor, who had armed them and sent them against the insurgents, shouting "Vive la Commune" and allowing themselves to be disarmed by the crowd. The Commune fully takes power in Narbonne.
