The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-04-08 00:00:00

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At the Pall de NoIITy we f, ;DA 1111111,77
al.loClar tin,e, of a 107.0 eor.file, We vet
fusti,le 111,1 tal to r
urguar,d. T; at • w 6to a r,:e e;tp.es of 110
in the Poste do S 'flys AI, Noynadt

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.• 1 • Taml..g IT to the 110,
a,..i WI • L, tl saw that several
leh:,os 1,0 boors stroll 11 shR, ,I,t we bis,rd that
two thial hat 6.11 ktUe-1. The shell tetra said to
come too.%tow v.!erien. The cerd4rr
74511 a the L c, mei specially the Mar:7., II
were delcrlbed al I. ,vh,„^ tJk. n a principal part lc
We still looked tsr rain tar any signs nt either arrry• .

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ill;117:1‘i,; the 1714;7 and fonn—d the ambulehee carriages
coming on numorotuly. I went back towards Mont Vcl&aell,
and found the body of a soldier of the Line. At the R 11,1
Polilt were five more boles of 31 .biles,satd Cohere eons'.l
after they had surrendered. There was a large crow 1
of men and womEn roubd them furiously exasperated
agal.o.t the Versailles •imernment We woman who
was cryl bitterly, decl med that nor, roßs ov„ r pri,
eoneri ILA been not shot, but rio tr,-,
the it catelty by the ir,ndsr T .•
m•.st of th:. u have ircu t ,ken to•,* ,
was occupied by the It.-rhos Brig . .
Lire. E),, wittmsr: lot eetisred that G. • •
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bad born there, and had ordered all t,.•
found there whether armed or unarm, A, [
diately. This was after the Vorsattlee
been silo., lie was a doctor, who had 1
Communist outposts. They Sccused hitn • o ' ;
reconnoitre as a spy, SS& told him to con. ler i
prlsooer. Fie put his hand to hie pockat as if h. r o
revolver and was at once shot.
1, is was the Bloat for a gen 21,1 Cecht in ' • -
mue-ets were speedily driven tsek. Some of
wero sorrouutied. and all the C -Lards taken !qt. I, t
Tie h. exaspervan was very great. lith. stall 11 or 1., t
ni. 1. o • al eels they would not fight against Frenchmen; to it
tie- -it not to be moro llomodemi or civil war. A patrol
came, c.orn from Mount Vslerlen—the first Versailles troops
I had seen—te look for the bodies of the Mobiles executed.
They took no notice of the crowd, which silently sends way
for them. I returned with them up Vmards Mount Valerian.
Suceancs was strongly occupied by Versailles troops of the
. I - ,esed on to the river, atel a little further on to
e. god Commit/alit outposts all along the roads to
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Armies were thus ci,e to esch o:her. Tl,ebrilge
IV p,1:: occupied by the manimkis, rho as I p sse.i
wee o milatering from Par:s to greet monbers. Tha rupp,
oraing. I parrot many homes struck by shells,toe
Porte de Ternes was stmt. but soon opened. inside, II was
strorgly garrison° 4 by National 1:0 ,rds and a few Garlhab
Man IL golan. the wall was touch covered with troops. I
met many battalions marchh g towards /fetidly, and the
Bold, .Nis were covered with ra.l mate I group,. Tbe people
se -me,a rather porror.strtcken mai ft Tolled at the tholi.ht .1
bloo ished in civil war thee :.11,1Mell, and many Of them wily
prof eased their determination not to tiAht.

Tat:ls, April 3,11 n.m.
A great battle comereno.,l at :ix o'clock this roorikl, ' y
the National Guam,a again,t the troops at ers'iUee.
Ne ley 100 (CO Nationsl °nerds lett ',ha city In the, o
co!nwins, the left marching iv (berth l ,e, ilo• rb.ht by Nttutly
and C icy, and the Centre op the Point u Jour.
Fort Valerian. being attalted rr de a elLorou3 rep`y, not
cut In two the rieht of the Pee sida force.
'the csntre and left, beteg proteczed by Fort Ism which
an in the handeof the Palmists., advanced towards 31 radon,
and St very warm conflict In ping on there.
At ten o'clock General Bergeret, cmtmanding the Pukka%
lent a demand for reinVircemente.
The rappel Continues to be beaten.

n. 30 p.m.
There seehas to be no doubt that the Communists, finding
s pr..:ouged- policy of inaction fatal. planned and pro•
vol,d tie engagement of yesterday. it disappointed their
exp. et: ,s, be the Veresines troops, with the exception
Of one r..giment Of the Line, which at a critical nine
meat of the setion end " Vier to Commune, I" en-
ru-les loyal and fought a el. peeving clearly Cod'. Ih.
sup-riority over the Nato at Guard. gill lii y
lost no time hi following up the engagement by an at t.& en
a grand ace's to-day. All het nignt the rappel Max inaten
and c -man were termed in the AT •cue Neuilly, the
Ave,to do la Grardo ArJ.6a, he enemps E.Neties, artl 03
ax 4:e la Cone,r4e. Llvouae heel oeoo .ighte tedi
pro; in .vernent ad onirneton prevaqed all to.ht. The
dlareeiPatee" and the "Chant du D.tp ,rt" w. re sour% end
In Velition to the orilnal y cry of '• rice to Commune!'
the new cry "A Versailles!" ealee gener Aly into tendon, like
that a low Tlrlitilliago of "A Bonn I" In the morning it was
turd tint the Communist troops had responded to the
rappe b.t!or thou wag generally expected from them, and
that some nof the so-called reactionary Arrondissements
had el certain contingents. An army of over 10).000
men coat for a sortie tied assembled, no-tea the Corn-
mend-r-ti..Clef, General Itregoret, who divided them Into
thron el.teoot. At abeut tire o'clock they sot out, the left
celnonn searching upon I.Jhtenay-aux-Rneee, the right upon
C roe and Versailles, the centre upon nvres and St.
Cl-ad Toe three were to converge upon Versailles, the
object of the at!ack,

The plan is obiitVnd l bc.t Jtl 'go ta have utterly
failed, and te-day's eogagt mut td have been more dis
tistrens for the Cemmunists thin tOot of yesterday. T' e
principal came of the (adore of the plan recta. in have been
• desive impression on the parts of the Cammunlats
that Fort Vs ll.len would not fire upon them In
thin la 1.1 'hey advanced elate no tinder tl e goes,
and ec it placed batteries within a few hundred
yeas& of the Fort. The Commandant of the Fait left
them undeceived as long as possible. and allowed a large
number to match unmolested to Nanterre and Rosa When
he at I.st opened fire, they were taken by surprise and
thrown into offer confusion. A large number reformat to
Paris, cuing out that they ware Gable." This retreat
began b Tore tight o'clock, and continued some hours. Toe
raps VAS beaten to collect reinforcements, but was little
responded to. Meantime, those who had passed beyond
Williden found thole fetrest unexpectedly cut off by the lire
of its guns.
The position of the Communists Is generally believed to he
seri linty compromised. The latent news, which, however. I
have had PO time to verify, is that General Bergeret, with
KEG) men, has been completely cot off ; that Flonrens,
going to his rescue, was purposely permitted to effect •
janctico with him • so that the two, with • united force of
about 30,000 or 38;000 men. Must either Surrender or give
battle at the greeted disadvantage.
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Otheirscao;nts, highly improbable, declare that Flourene
has reached Versailles. The ca,:tre c dune. advroxed under
cover of the Forts of limy and Venvres, up to v hlch batteries
had been rented. These keep up a heavy fire on Sevres.
The hottest fire was between Sevres and Chatlllon. Chatlllon
was occupied by about 10.000 of the Communist troops.
Severe flgh.ing is also reported in the low ground lying be•
Omen Vs firleu and BuzonvaL Before eight the A mail!ee
troops ce s comp stely m liters ot ailihe ground stretclacg