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from that building to the Faubourg 81. Antoine
we're in the hands Of the Insurgents. The at
tack was carried on upon this point by Gen. Du-
virier, but such were the preparations Of resist.
ance made that, according to the written state
ment Of the Mayor Of Paris to the National As.
sembly, the whole district was converted into a
vast fortress, which could only be reduced by
time. The streets were baricaded, the win.
dows were lined with mattresses, behind which
a murderous fire was poured down on the troops
and the gangway Of internal communication
had been opened from house TO house, which
supplied ammunition or means Of escape TO The
besieged.
The progress Of the force from this point was
accordingly very slow and il was in the rear Of
this posillcn that the final stand Of the insuuec-
ton was made on Monday afternoon; but the
operations we're carried on with equal skill and
courage at the TWO wings, for that term may
strictly be applied to the positions which the in.
surrection had assumed.
On the left bank Of the Seine the left wing
extended TO the Pantheon, by the steep and mar.
row line Of the RueSt. Jacques, which was com.
pletely barricaded and even fortified with can
non. The attack on this position alone cost f(.
teen hours hard and uninterrupted fighting: yet
il was the first which was reconquered by the
troops. The attack on the right which exlend-
ed to the Clos ST. Lagare, was conducted by La
moricere, who gradually forced his way on the
third day TO the barriers, and then effected his
junction with the central division of Gen. Duvi-
vier. 1t may be inferred from the regular dis.
trbulion Of the insurrectonary forces, that their
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tack on the barricades, andihe TO assume often.
sve operations by an advance Of the two wings
upon the National Assembly and the west end Of
Paris, so as to place the Government between
two fires, and reduce il 10 inevitable destruction.
The extent of organization which the execu-
tion Of such plan, extending over a line Of sew.
eral hundred miles in length and maintained for
the lasi four days, disclosed, is perfectly incon.
ceivable. Every species of arlihce was en-
ployed to convey communication. The pals
of milk women, the couches Of the wounded,
and even the coifins Of the dead, we've found fiji.
led with gunpowder and carouches. Large
sums Of money in gold and notes, were discov-
cred on the persons Of men apparently in ex-
treme poverty and young children. The wo-
men of Paris took most active part in the strug-
gle. They conveyed orders and signals through
the hotties, fire. They carried off the wounded
some of them perished in the barricades or
fired from the houses on the soldiers; while
some are even reported TO have inflicted the most
refined barbarites upon their wretched fellow
citizens who had fallen prisoners into their hands.
None were spared by the chance or the indis-
crminating fury of this general slaughter. The
Archbishop of Paris, who in the sublime exer-
else of the most aw ful duties of Christian
Priest, sought 10 bring back the outrageous null
titude 10 reason and peace, was basely shot from
the back of barricade and the General Ne.
grier, who had survived the numerous campaigns
of Africa, fell in like manner at a parley with
the savages of the FauOourg ST.. Antoine
Strange and terrible overflow of the strongest
passion and emotion OF human nature. SO vast
and horrible desolation wrought in the heart
of city by the hands of her own citizens the
world has not witnessed in the whole survey of
historic memory; and the arms of stranger
and an enemy would have been devoted to eter-
nal inCamy, if they had inflicted so awful
chaslisement on the great city of Paris. None
but herself could punish her nquties or inAict
her doom.
From the London Times June 20.
The position of the insurgents throughout the
line, have mentioned, was immensely strong
The barricades in advance Of the barriers, were
as formidable as regular engineers could have
constructed them. The houses covering them
occupied the means Of passing from one TO an
other; the tall houses Of the barriers were occu.
pied by them, and the windows removed. The
houses on the side the Boulevarde were more.
over, in the possession of the rebels, and man
ned with marksmen. What formed, however,
the strength Of their position, was the perfora-
ton Of the walls of the city, which is twelve or
fourteen feet high, at intervals of eight or ten
yards, and the creation by that means, of sever.
al hundred loop-poles. When those who have
been at Waterloo, learn that for more than a
mile, the wall of the city of Paris was perfect
ly furnished with loop-polos as was the garden
wall of Hougemont, they will easily imagine
how formidable was the obstacle il presented.
When they shall bear in mind that the batri-
cades in advance were composed paving stones
Of hundred weight each, OF Of cut stones for
hospital in process Of erection, and that they
were protected by houses adjoining TO or com
manding them, and that as occasion presented it!
self throughout Saturday and Sunday, con-
slant, unerring and deadly fire was kept up on
the assaiants by an almost invisible garrison,
they will not be surprised at the prolonged re.
sistance, nor at the immense loss of life among
the troops and National Guards, that unCoru-
nately occurred.
What will be the astonishment Of all the
world, and the feeling of all military men in
particular, when they are told that these works
were defended by between 30 and $50 ruffians;
the largest number stated was 400.
How many Of the insurgents were killed on
Sunday, at the barrier Rochechouart, think you,
while the loss of the armed force was more than
1O00l-two! One of them was shot through
the brain while firing through loop-hole, not
six inches in diameter. Five were wounded;
they ran from loop hole to loop hole with the
agility Of monkeys. They only left the cover Of
The wall 10 seek ammunition, Of which they had
only a scanty and precariOus supply.
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