The other could only succeed in raising himself on his knees, in which position, with his hands clasped, he besought the soldiers to spare his life; but he fell at once, shot dead.

The next day one could see in the side of the veranda of _Le Prophete_ a spot only a few feet in extent, which more than a hundred balls had struck.' "'At the end of Rue Montmartre as far as the fountain, a distance of about sixty paces, there were sixty bodies of men and women, mothers, children, and young girls.

All these unfortunate creatures had fallen victims of the first volley fired by the troops and the gendarmerie, who were stationed on the opposite side of the boulevard.

They all fled at the first discharge, took a few steps, then fell to rise no more.
One young man had taken refuge in a gateway, and tried to shelter himself behind the projection of the wall towards the boulevards.

After ten minutes of badly aimed shots, he was hit, in spite of all his efforts to render himself as small as possible by drawing himself up to his full height, and he too was seen to fall, to rise no more.' "Another:-- "'The plate glass and the windows in the Maison du Pont-de-Fer were all shattered.