The Versailles government was outraged and used this event for propaganda to increase political tension. In a lot of ways, this is similar to what happened 150 years later with all the debates about statues surrounding the Black Live Matters movement.
After the Commune, Courbet was condemned to pay the costs of rebuilding the monument. He fled to Switzerland 🤣

Now let's have a look at Louis Rossel, arguably one of the most talented officers of the Commune.
Trained at the "Prytanée militaire", Rossel is one of the few members of the Commune with formal Military training.
When appointed Minister of War he will desperately try to rationalise the Commune's line of defence by regrouping artillery in strategic points and building new barricades.
He'll resign a couple of weeks before the Bloody Week, despaired by the long deliberations of the Commune .

And let's conclude with Sapper Tactics, a powerful Versailles military event.
This card represents how the Versailles troops developed new tactics during the Bloody Week to remove barricades, the main defensive asset of the Commune, using the buildings to shoot from upper floors down on defenders & using explosive from the inside of the building to destroy parts of the barricades.
1871 was the last time that barricades would be used as a viable insurrection strategy in the capital.

@fredserval looks really good! Any news on a possible print run of these cards? Will they act as replacements to some of the existing cards?