The New York herald., 1870-10-15
Tho war-Tse Grand se-sae .s Pars.

Berlin are getting ready for grand celebra-
ton OF the entry Of the Prussian army into
Paris tho beleaguered force has suddenly
that It ia rendered extremely doubtful If they
ever enter Paris as conquering army. AL
the forts about Paris opened on the Prussian
works on Wednesday with terrible rain OF
iron that demolished all their defensive works
or batteries in reach. The guns that were to
have opened upon Paris found Paris open
upon them. All around the entire investing
line a most destructive bombardment told
with deadly effect and at the last word that
we have received from the siege the Prussian
line had been driven 80 far back that it must
be drawn out to fine wire to complete the
decentralization. The batteries that were at
Genevillers, and thence commanded the
northern part Of the city Of Paris, and could
with guns of long range have dropped she'll
into the Pare Monceaux, or even within block
Of the Tuileries have been compelled to take
refuge from the shot Of the hostile guns Of
Aubervillier and Chignancourt. away back as
far to the rear as Deuil, three miles farther
from Paris; on the eastern side the positions
at Bouligny, Champigny and Creteil and the
heights of Avron have been captured and
occupied by the French, the Prussians being
driven as far back as the forest Of Bondy; on
the south villejuif, Cachan, Clamart and
Meudon, whence the shells of the besiegers
were to have pierced the walls of the Luxem
bourg Palace, have been reclaimed, and on
the west the works at st. Cloud and for four
miles in every direction have been demolished
by the dreadful fire from Fort Mont ValGrien,
and the investing troops have been driven
back to Versailles The sweeping lombard
ment from this immense fort-the fort, too,
which Bismarck Is reported to have de-
manded-is said to have swept away the
works of the Prussian engineers like cha fl
before the wind. Under the cover of
distracting fire from all the defensive works Of
Paris General Trochu made the sortie. From
the meagre outlines that our dispatches fur
nish us we cannot say what his numbers or his
exact manGuvres were. 1t is evident, how
ever, that the most desperate and heroic
charge of the war was made, and that the
French bayonet won such honor as 1t has not
won since the days of the Old Guard. We
will receive the details probably to- day or
tomorrow, and when they como they will
doubtless tell tale of heroism, of prompt
action, and what is of most Importance now
to France-of sound generalship, that will
cheer the heart Of the new republic and make
King William quake in his boots.
The consequences of this gallant victory can
hardly be overrated. 1t thrusts the investing
line so far back that the circumference over
which it must spread itself now to invest Paris
is expanded by nearly eighteen miles, and its
lines must necessarily be drawn out almost
to the thinness of a thread to cut off all COM
munication It deprives the Prussian army
Of those breast works and dsfences which it
had so carefully erected, and il must erect
new ones, retake the old ones or remain ex-
posed to q fortified foe. 1t defeats entirely,
or at least postpones for q long time to come,
the proposed bombardment Of Paris, on which
the besegers had depended to force an early
capitulation. It gives the French possession
of the heights at Clamart, Villejuif, St. Cloud
and Avron, which were taken by the Prussians
originally only after hard struggle. 1t will
cheer and inspire the garrison in Paris to
renewed hope and still more desperate efforts,
and il will enthuse the masses in the pro-
vinces to hearty answer to the call for volun-
teers. 1t may not demoraiize the Prussian
troops except for the moment. They have
been too used to victory and they are too well
disciplined and experienced in war to suffer
decentralization from one disaster; but it will
encourage the disatfected masses at home in
Germany, already sick and tired Of the war,
to renewed demands for peace-demands that
Bismarck has as great reason to dread as the
persistent resistance of his enemy.
General Trochu by this brilliant sortie has
shown himself to be the general that the re-
| public needs. He timed his movement well,
in order to aid the efforts of the Army of the
Loire at Orleans. He had not probably heard
of the defeat of that army, but he knew that
it was on the way to strike a blow for him,
and that the forces confronting him had been
weakened in order to protect their rear. It
may have been this weakening Of the line
that enabled him to achieve the success of
Wednesday. He has shown such generalship
that we may trust him to follow up his success
He will strike another blow and another. He
will not let victory grow cold ia his hands.
We may expect at once to hear Of
general recall of the Prussian troops
who have been frttering away their strength
against the detached fortresses of the north
and northeast. The Prussians at Beaugency,
below Orleans, have already Withdrawn, and
the heavy forces that have seen threatening
Rouen, Mezieres, and even the army tina. has
been moving southward on Lyons may be
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