and to reconstruct them at other points, to avoid the army, and to wear

it out, to wage in Paris the war of the desert, always retreating,

never yielding, to take time for an ally, to add days to days; on the

one hand to give the people time to understand and to rise, on the

other, to conquer the coup d'état by the weariness of the army; such

was the plan discussed and adopted.

The order was accordingly given that the barricades should be but

slightly defended.

We repeated in every possible form to the combatants,--

Shed as little blood as possible! Spare the blood of the soldiers and

husband your own."

Nevertheless, the struggle once begun, it became impossible in many

instances, during certain excited hours of fighting, to moderate their

ardor. Several barricades were obstinately defended, particularly those

in the Rue Rambuteau, in the Rue Montorgueil, and in the Rue Neuve

Saint Eustache.

These barricades were commanded by daring leaders.

Here, for the sake of history, we will record a few of these brave men

fighting outlines who appeared and disappeared in the smoke of the

combat. Radoux, an architect, Deluc, Mallarmet, Félix Bony, Luneau, an

ex-Captain of the Republican Guard, Camille Berru, editor of the

Avénement, gay, warmhearted, and dauntless, and that young Eugène

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