Clement Thomas

Clement Thomas , born with Libourne (the Gironde) in 1809 and shot in Paris on March 18th, 1871, is one of first died of the Commune of Paris.

Warrant officer (cuirassier) of republican tendencies, it is compromised in several plots (of which that of Lunéville) during the Monarchie of July. Stopped in 1835, he manages to flee of the Parisian prison of Holy-Pelagie. Exiled in England it returns to France after the amnesty of 1837. He collaborates then in the newspaper the National . Favorable to the Second Republic It is elected appointed of the Gironde to the constituent Assembly (1848). Appointed colonel, it orders the National guard of the Seine which represses hard the republicans of the rising of June 1848. It fails to become appointed of the legislative Parliament of 1849. He is opposed to the Coup d'etat of December 2nd, 1851 of Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte and vainly tries to raise the Gironde. During the Second Empire, it is exiled in Belgium then in Luxembourg.

It returns to Paris after the proclamation of the Republic on September 4th, 1870. The Gouvernement of National defense names it commander-in-chief of the National guard of the Seine during the head office of Paris. It takes part in disastrous the " exit of Buzenval" of January 20th, 1871. He resigns on February 14th. During the Rising of March 18th, 1871, equipped as a civilian, it locates the plans of the barricades of Montmartre. Recognized, it is stopped and shot in end of the afternoon a few moments before the general Lecomte street of the rose trees . (This way was removed in 1885 and bears now the name of Rue of Knight-of-the-Bars)

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Sources

  • Bernard Christmas, Dictionary of the Commune, Flammarion, collection Fields, 1978.

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