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The Capture Of Paris

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Day
26
Month
May
Year
1871
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Public Domain
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Afi.-r Oí" Versailles troopë broke luto fcy on Nundiiy by the St. Clouil Montrógue gates the communiste doncd 'icrn bank of the Seine without , furlher rcsiL the viotoriouï army poured in and in a few hours fourthsof Paris. Marshal SiaoMahou cl big headquarterq at the naw Opera House and General CisBevencampeo ia the Champ de Mars. - The communists foll baokbenind the bar. oí Montmartree and the Hotel de Ville where they have made a last di rate stand. Bnt General l'Am irault telegraphsto Venaillesthat cverythingisprogreS8Ín ictorily, though fighting maj continue sevefal hourslonger. The Commune battery at Montmartree is cannoiiiiding that part of l'aris occupied by the 'Marshal's troops. A terrible oonflacr-iUon was raging Bear the Hotel les In, mul frequent explosione are taking place. The asaembly was in a very happy mood yesterday, voted thanks to Puesident Thiera and the armyyond received bilis to restore the Chapsl of Expiation and the column in the Place Vendóme. - SI. Thiers promisr-s to visit the most criminal of the insurgente with rigorous punnt. Qeneral Dombrowski is gurroundedand will beoaptored. Ourooradeni in Paris telegraphs" that the Veraailles troops behavcd splondidl; committed no excesses whatevep. ïheir triumph is coinplote. - .Y. )'. World. ATIIRILLIXO DESCRirTIOX OF THE PICHBCTIXG IN tAEIS. London, May 23. - -A special correspondont of the New York Tribune at Paris, onder date .of Monday, telegraphs that rday afternoon the 8 were i t'roin tbt! Chattoau de Muette. - n'.ly rallied and held the enciente with considerable tenacity, but íinálly driven back with heavy losa by tho heavy iiro of tlio Versaillea batteries. At nino o'clock Dombrowski, undei cover of a cortijo of pims, charged the Cemetery des I'nuvrcs. I!i; v:s met by a Bnn and witieringfire, and the ïnsurgent line became broken and diaorganwed. However they again attempted to storm the ei ■uu tery and hand. to hand fighting ensued, luit a report that Dombrowsk was killed, causeó, the insurgente to become paaic stricken. A pause of i fm hours succeeded, when suddenly íi teñes on the hil) opened on I tivo railway and'showeni of shell and a hail of muaketry were póured on it. The insurgents essayed a fqeble teply. Suddenly heavy finns froiu the north wa heard, md a mad panic ensued. Arm and packs were thro-vn away, and (il bolted, the office urgei and struggled and blaspherned up to th quay in jrreat confusión, shot and ing them. They, in the extremity o panic, fouglit and blazed away in discriminately, and strucb eaob othe with their clnbbed rifles. As tlie tido o fugitives swi pt ftlong úp with them re g buttalions caine, impartirjg frosl fco the Versaillists. Trooadero ave between the Aró de Triomphe ant Round Point, was packed densely witl fiifritives. The commimists showèd themselves bo bind :t bii barricade in Che Place de li Concorde, but liil not flre. A Vareailüs battcry below the an,]i swept the Champ Ëlyeeos. The Versaülista pressed on the the Avenue Friendland to the open Space al the top of the Boulevard Haussmaan and thence "they could sweep the Boule vard Maleshbrtus to Madeline, and open the ivay to the Kuo Boyal. ANOTilKK EXPLOSIÓN IX TAIUS. 00T8U)E l'AUls, May 4, 1 P.M. - A terrible explosión haa just occurred in tlio oenter of Paris, and it is oonrideVed prob able that the Hotel de Yille has beei blown up by the icsurgents. AFFAIRS IX AND ABOTND TAEIS. LoNDON, May 24. - The fletes' B ■ from Tersailles says the terminus of 'the Stragbourg Bailrpad was earried ;, day. Tliiers is indefatiga'ble in the dirco tion of the operutions looking to auppl' Paris with provisions. INSTRUCTIOXS. The Tilegraph's special says the foroifrn powers have ordered their representativos in Paris not to.protect the insurgente. 1 is s;iid that Washbum did not act in concert with other diploB Bellioary, a communist minister, was killed yesterday. THE FIGHTING IX THE STREETS. Oi-tsüw. PaIUB, May 24, morning. - The barricades in the Place Vendóme anc Place de la Concorde have not yet been carried, and the barricades in Bcllcville still hold out again8t the govcrnmeii' troops. The insurgènts, however, are liscouragedby the success of theVersaillÍBtS The loases of the latter yesterday were veiv heavy. Btrong hopes are entertained that the finishing blow will bo givei to the coraiuunists to-day. VER8AJXLE8, May 24, morning. - The gorermnent troops yesterday dislodgcc bu Federáis from the Faubourg Germain and elsewhere, and are tb day contimiing their victorious márch. It is tliougiit tin ils will atlempt to escape toward Bcllcville and Pantin. Crowds of repuláve looking men, destitutc of uniforms and in rags, have been tiken prisoners. 'iilcb to the New Vurk "World. J St. Benis, May 24.- After a brief lull the iighting was, recommenced yesterday, and continued all night. The troops of . Dönai and Vinoy surrounded the Tuileries, Louvre and Place Vendóme. rate iighting followcd, the Federáis disputing every inch ofground. At daylight these positiona still remained in the lmnds (f the Federáis. The Tuileries was seriously damáged by shell. A continued assaultby all the troops is now going on. St. DïNiP, STay 24, evening. - This has been a terrible day for Paris. The city is burning in many places, and the destruction of a great part of the central and eastcrn districts seem inevitable. Tho coiiiiiiunísts still hulil uil the district bstween 1 1n ■ Place Vendóme, Tuileries and Belleville. The troops are mowed down by a lire frotn the Windows, barricades and mitraillauseB, but steadily guin ground. The slaughtcr. is awful. THE PALACES OT' TUK LOBVEE -XI) TTII.EEIES SET OX I1ÜK BS Tg KOKHALS. - A I.A11GE SÜMWill OF FALACES DVU.NINO. i:i:-aii.t.K5, Muy 21, moining.- Tho Louvre and Tuileries aro bnrning. It i s:ii(i they were gnited by the Federa] with petroleum. At St. Denis the in8urgent6 Iipvo fivec ■ of the Legión i' Eonor nm ii il ut' State, (.11 tl-.i' souttiern side o inc, and opposite thfe gardena of thi Tuileries. Othei palaCet are also burnintr. The Versaillista iiave advanced theii lef) ring lo Bellevüle, theit i enter to th ■ of the Louvre and Salie Centra and their right to the observad. rv. The t'uriies r,:ul íimíiIíii i.i' p!lroleui:i thé city. Vi:i:sti.i.ks, May 24. - Oreat firea are ragjlng ín Paris in all. directions. Tho Tuilerieshas been entirely burned down. 'i.iT.ed that (lie galleriea of tho Louvxe niay be Saved.

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