Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 12, No. 10. September 20th, 1949
The Attack
The Attack
Less than five minutes after the students assemble in the Place de la Sorbonne, they are attacked by the police. Their banners are seized. Some students are arrested; many are beaten. The remainder arrange to reassemble later.
The afternoon is turning to dusk and fog is settling over the city when I reach the Champs Elysees. Blue-uniformed police armed with pistols and carrying makeshift wooden clubs are lined up along the sidewalks.