[The key function of the military hospital at Versaille to the army responsible for winning back Paris during the insurrection of the commune (March-May 1871)].

The military Hospital of Versailles standing near the seat of the Government and the Assemblies played an important role in the organization of the sanitary services of the Versailles army. Hippolyte Larrey, chief physician of the army decided in agreement with Thiers, head of the government that the military hospital will primarily receive all the wounded soldiers evacuated from the front lines and all the patients from the various regiments of the Versailles army. To satisfy the numerous hospitalisations, annexes were opened in Versailles, the hospital capacity being extended to 2600 beds. In proportion of the troops progression towards Paris, the evacuation plan of the wounded soldiers will be modified the delays of evacuation towards Versailles becoming too long, by the creation of campaign hospitals and by sending wounded soldiers to the military hospitals of Paris (Val-de-Grâce and Gros Caillou) and to some ambulances established during the siege of Paris.