Versaillais

The truth is the Insurgents have been doing the Versaillais quite as much damage as the latter have been inflicting on them.

The Insurrection in Paris

The Versaillais gunboats at the Asnières Bridge forced the Federal troops to recoil several hundred yards towards the city walls.

The Insurrection in Paris

Much fear is entertained for the fate of the hostages, whose execution has been so strongly advocated in the Commune, in reprisal for the alleged violation and murder of an _infirmière_ by the Versaillais.

The Insurrection in Paris

He gave merely a glance at the batteries, and slowly rode up toward the Arc. There was not a soul else visible on the highway, and it must have been he who drew the attention of the Versaillais, for their guns opened at once and the shells came spinning around in the neighborhood.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873 Various

The Versaillais are at a distance of 200 metres from the ramparts from the Point du Jour to Vanves.

The Insurrection in Paris

Everybody thought that the Versaillais had at last made their assault.

The Insurrection in Paris

In 1871, just after the Commune, I wrote him a cry of pity and horror about the execution of Rossel, the “heroic young Protestant who had fought the Versaillais because they had made peace, and prevented him from fighting the Prussians.”

Writer's Recollections Ward, Mrs Humphry 1918

The latest my father had to tell was almost a week old; but two days before we set sail for the islands the Versaillais troops had swept the boulevards, and every steamer had brought newspapers from the mainland.

The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

_ (Sunday evening) -- The Versaillais entered Paris by the Point du Jour, led by gallant Gallifet.

In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters 1886

In 1871, just after the Commune, I wrote him a cry of pity and horror about the execution of Rossel, the "heroic young Protestant who had fought the Versaillais because they had made peace, and prevented him from fighting the Prussians."

A Writer's Recollections — Volume 1 Humphry Ward 1885