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the first political photomontages appeared, with evocative titles - Crimes of the
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During the uprising of 18 March 1871, in civilian clothes, Clément-Thomas reconnoitered the barricades of
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Jacques Léon Clément-Thomas joined the army as a volunteer at the age of twenty. As a junior officer of republican tendencies, he was implicated in several plots (including that of
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Clément-Thomas loue/achète? le château de
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appointed him commander in chief of the
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of 20 January 1871. Clément-Thomas resigned his command on 13 February.
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