Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-09-09
FROM OUR PARIS CORRESPONDENT

~. @as. @..s...@. PARIS, AUGUST Il, 1904. y
About noon day before yesterday the thunder of
the heaviest artillery of the Invalides announced to
startled Paris the occurrence of some stirring event
e. er the first half dozen of the one hundred and one
guns were fred all Paris was on the gui pive, and
every one was asking his neighbor what was the
news? What has happened? Is Sebastopol taken ?
Has Austria declared war against the Gar! Has
Sweden joined the Allies? Is the Empress enceate ?
What is the matter? said every body to each other
Jc men sais rien," every body's reply. Paris
for twenty minutes was completely iatriguee; but
notice posted up at the Bose and hand bills scattered
in profusion the town speedily satisfied the public
curiosity by apprisng that Bomarsund had fallen!
Yes twelve thousand French and English troops, aided
the side Of the by large division Of the allied
fleets throwing its bombs into the fort from distance far
beyond the reach Of the Russian guns had succeeded
the 10th Instant eight days after their first appearance
before the place and after four days active operations in
compelling the capuation at discretion of the two thou
sand Russians composing the garrison of the Russian
fortress Of the Aand islands, in the Gulf of Bothna We
have all been expecting, little than it
red the capture of Bomarsund by the imposing force sent
against under the command of Gen. paraguay Hiers
but did not expect that the capture would be deemed
matter Of such laundering rejoicing and it would
that the Government itself was upon second thoughts
while yesterday morning every unofficial journal of Paris
made the hundred and guns Of the day before the
subject of it's first notice. the Monteur itself simply pub
lished the despatch announcing the "briiant
but said nothing about its costing almost great
pense Of powder at Paris as ct Bonorsund With the
two thousand prisoners the allies have taken hundred
pieces Of cannon composing the armament of the fort
The loss Of the allies in killed and wounded is set down
at only hundred and twenty France will applaud
the Pays this FIRST effort Of the herosm of sons
and Russia will learn from it that the forces Of civza
tion not to be with impunity provoked" And the
Constitutional thinks that this magnificent feat Of arms
compared with the repuse of the Russians before Ss-
tra, evnces the difference between the character
of the two armies that exists between the two causes
Now, there cam apprehend be doubt whatever that
this little military enterprise conducted WELL sku
ly and just it should have BEEN but the Emperor
will hardly seize this opportunity to send to his
ful General the marshals baton with the title of Prince
Bomarsund! doubt If, IN "my unce's'' time, the
of such incident would have been deemed
meet OCCASION in view either Of its attending cir
cumstances or of its probable consequences for rousng
Paris with all the guns of the Invalides.
The Emperor himself thus announces the event to the
army Of the East in proclamation addressed it from
his retreat at Bierrz and published in the Monteur of
this morning:
"Soldiers and seamen Of the army Of the East You
have not yet been engaged in actual combat and yet you
have obtained signal Your presence, and that
Of the English troops have suced to compel the enemy
to the Danube, and the Russian ships-ofwar
main ignomniously in their ports You have not yet
been engaged in combat and yet you have courageousy
striven with death. fearful though transtory pest-
lence has not slackened your ardor France and the
sovereign she has given herself do not witness much
energy and abnegation without profound emotion, and
without making every effort for your assistance. The
first Consul said, in 1892 in proclamation addressed to
the army the first quality of the soldier is constancy in
supporting fatigue and prvaton; vaor is but the Sc
cond quality You now cvincing the FIRST. Who
may dispute your title to the second Our enemies from
Finland to the Caucasus anxiously asking at what
point England and France are about strike their blows
which they foresse viii be decisive for right justice,