Un Guet-Apens

After a meeting in support of M. Raoul Sabatir, Nationalist (Millerand- Poincare Party) candidate in the Municipal elections, a number of young Nationalists walked into a Communist guet-apens (ambush). Many shots rang out, three Nationalists fell dead, eight others were wounded, two mortally. The Nationalists were unarmed.

The police were speedily upon the scene, gave chase to the retreating Communists, caught and arrested two.

Subsequently, le Prefet de la Police said:

"Nothing allowed this aggression to be foreseen. There were 600 people in the schoolhouse while 400 outside could not find room. My forces were on guard and at no time were they troubled by the Communists. These must have been concealed near the place where the shooting began, because the young men walked into a real trap. Most of the latter had not even canes to protect themselves with."