Battle of Butte-aux-Cailles

Battle of Butte-aux-Cailles
Part of Paris Commune
Date 24–25 May 1871 Location Butte-aux-Cailles, Paris, France Result Versaillais victory
Belligerents
French Third Republic (Versaillais)	Paris Commune (Communards)

The Battle of Butte-aux-Cailles took place on 24–25 May 1871 between the Paris Commune and Versaillais government forces in the Parisian district of Butte-aux-Cailles.

Bibliography

• Lissagaray (1886) [1876]. History of the Paris Commune of 1871. Translated by Marx, Eleanor. London: Reeves and Turner. OCLC 66270162.
• Tombs, Robert (1981). The War Against Paris, 1871. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-28784-5.