Gustav-Paul Cluseret was born in Paris on June 13, 1823. He studied at the Saint-Cyr Military Academy and graduated from it in 1843 with the rank of second lieutenant (sous-lieutenant). In 1848, holding the rank of captain, he took the most energetic part in suppressing the workers' uprising in Paris (the June Days). Within 6 hours he took 11 barricades and 3 flags. For this "exploit" he received the Legion of Honor. In 1855, holding the rank of captain, he participated in the Crimean campaign. Subsequently he retired from active service. He participated in Garibaldi's army in the war for Italian liberation. In 1861 he went to America and took part in the civil war against the slave-holding states. He received the title of general and (after his victory at Croskeys) the rights of American citizenship. He returned to France. In 1868 he was imprisoned for articles in the newspaper *L'Art*{97}. In the Sainte-Pélagie Prison he established connections with members of the International. Due to sharp military criticism in newspapers he was expelled from France as an American citizen. After the proclamation of the republic (September 4, 1870) he returned to Paris and participated in attempts to incite uprisings in Lyon and Marseille. On April 3, 1871 he was appointed Military Minister of the Commune. On April 16 he was elected a member of the Commune. For the surrender of Fort Issy he was dismissed by the Commune and arrested, but was acquitted by a court of comrades. After the fall of the Commune he fled France. By a Versailles court on August 30, 1872 he was sentenced to death. After the amnesty in 1881 he returned to France and wrote in the newspapers *Commune* and *Marseillaise*{114}. For inciting the army to disobedience he was sentenced to two years imprisonment. He fled France. In 1888 he ran as a candidate of the Revolutionary Party in elections to the Chamber of Deputies, attacked parliamentarism and the radical "Clemencist" party{115}. In 1889 he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies from the 2nd district of Toulon. He belonged to the Socialist Workers' group. He wrote the book *Army and Democracy* (1869) and two volumes of *Memoirs* (1887) devoted to the Commune.

*Vperyod* No. 11, March 23 (10), 1905

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