The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-10-31
M Gus WAR NEWS.


DEFECTS IN THE PARIS FoRTiFrcArIoNs
The Prusslan correspondent Of the london Times
wriles:-
On more closely inspecting the fortiacatlons OF
Paris the German generals believe they have dis
covered some weak points south and west OF the
great capital. In the south the heights OF SceauX
approach the forts to within 1000 PAGES, the dis
lance between the forts and the town itself being
only between one thousand and two thousand PAGES
more. rms Is scarcely sunlclent safeguard the
town, while II Is technically certain that the forts
cannot hold out for any length when once heavy
guns are brought 10 bear against them. that the
fall OF one two Of the forts would bring rich beau
tilul and pleasureloving Paris under The effective
fire OF bombs grenades and every other descrip
ton Of hellsh missile need be scarcely repeated.
Two more gaps In the defences are supposed 10 ex-
Isl Isl on the western side north and south OF Mont
81: Cloud, where the hills OF Garchcs, west OF the
r rsze place. to Moat vo eStsnt
almost equal IN height. sin greater faci-
liiies are offered to the beseger by the unprotected
ground between Courbevole and 81. Ouen With The
Seine in front the Germans would be able to place
batteries ON the heights overlapping 81. DENIS all
the way IRON Gennevllers to me road TO Lille.
Earthworks might be more particularly erected at
Ar.enteul aud opposite st. Ouen, from which the
works OF ST. Denis might be nred at in the ana
the Quarters ST. H0nore and La Vile L'Eveque
bombarded. Supposln1 the Germans to alterw ards
cross tie Seine somewhere near Argenteuil, the To-
cality would easily admit OF their being protected by
redoubts at La Garenne, which would preclude tue
offensive being assumed by the garrison OF Mont
Valerlen. j the works OF st. Denls-wnich, being
be left on one side, but are now discovered to be
more accessible In the rear-are once fired at from
the later side, they Will be cut of from the town
and soon become untenable. After their occupation
regular preaching batteries might be established
encelnle and the adjacent parts OF the town would
1pd 1t difficult to withstand. II the operations are
and Ha rss aia suSal Sgq
fall into the hands OF the attacking army.
! VERSAILLES
The articles OF capitalation OF Versailles, signed
at one O'Clock on the day Of .qrrspsE at the Hotel
the Fifth Army corps subject to General KIchbach's
| ratification, wcre;--
! /. That persons, property. public Monuments and
/ works OF art should be respected. 2. That the Ma
| tionaf Guards should keep their arms (w.thout
muniton), uniforms ana posts for police duty In the
city and IN the prison. 8. That the German troops
lngs al hoo. the officers with the Inhabitants and,
In case the barracks did not sltilce, the soldiers
also. 4 That the civil and military hospitals ana
the wounded should be respected, according TO the
Geneva Convention, aud not made prisoners.
| 5 That food market produce and forage should he
delivered to The roops' On Tuesday after the city
had furnished thirty head OF cattle 500 bottles OF
wine for officers, ten casks Tor the soldiers 80 many
| dinners with champagne, &C., the General In COM
mand OF the advanced guard informed the Mayor that
no captuation could bc made with an open city, me
Mayor insisted that city could shut its gates ana
defend ITSELF as Versailles did in 1914 and 1875 when
1t was granted cap.tulatons; to which the general
| replied that the conditions were NOT the same, and
now. they could not permit the National Guard to
retain their arms and finally 1t was agreed That a
two O'Clock all arms were he given up. There,
| al ali the towns where arms have been found OF
have been surrendered, the Prssians have destroyed
them. and heaps OF charred stocks and bent ant
broken barrels TO be seen III the market places
ENTRY or THE CROWN PRINCE INTO VERSAILLES
The London Times correspondent describes rhi
striking incident OF the war;
| At last we got past Veiizy and La Cour Roland
Hotel Dieu, La Bouillie and taking a sharp turn a
dip OF the road, there lay Versailles before us
with the race course on the right and the houses o
Petit Montreui In front. Before reaching the Port
Colbert there was scarcely soul TO be seen. There
and IN the streets which lead to the Avenue q,
Paris, there were few people, and the CHATTER 0
horses feet on the pavement drew spectators to tn
windows. But 1t was not cheerful nor triumpha
procession. The Prince, preceded by an order
officer, rode little In advance OF his STAFF As tn
Prince got near the Avenue de Paris The people ii
the streets AMI windows became more numerous
and there were almost crowds ut the corners 0
some streets. But they were not cheerful nor wei
come.giylng The only sign of greeting I saw
British pork pie hat, who waved her hand from
under the cover OF the Union Jack hoisied from
his Gengarry bonnet but when the Prince rod,
the Avenue de Paris to the Prefecture Their,
was d real welcome. The thousands OF silent
Frenchmen and women stood inside the lines OF sen
tries across the road, the lancers drew up outsd,
the gates on one side The Gendarmer.e aud Jager
on the other outside the ratings, OH the lett was
a guard Of honor, with the colors Of a Prussan in
iantry regiment, and as the Prince entered the cour
the Royal Standard was flung ont OF the front OF tn
Prefecture and waved over the portal. All the wh,
the music p.ayed Wild martial flourish drums ant
trumpcts beating and changing in most heart
moving wild eXultation. Soldiers ran from all side
TO see the Prince, who rode along the ranks OF TIN
regiment and then turned into the court OF the Pre-
lecture, after which the guard OF honor trooped IL
colors Inside ana the stan rode or TO find tnel
quarters. An A., cest bea le Prince done. Il Is
tres content 81 son Ate sse await rest3 srlin.i
The sam, writer adds
Attwo O'Clock tins morning windows clattere
and doors shook. There was very heavy cannon
ade, muir q IN Seb0stopo,. The firing neye
ceased TIL quarter past three A. NJ. Many ofiicer
never heard II at all. but they were not so ar on
and so near Pars. Ny quarters almost at tn
end OF the Avenue dc Paris, on the left. Passin
from the Hotel des Reservoirs where l found IN
young Prince of Mccklenburg Strelitz, almost reco,
cred from the effects OF his fall, 1 went on To Tia
chateau with an English acquaintance whom me
yesterday "a we came into Versailles, and who ha,
lied win his family out OF Paris TO avoid the sieg
| last Saturday The Duke OF Au9usteuburg wa
| strolling In the same direction Tue doors wer
open at the usual entrance near the chapel on TIL,
left, and the tickets for sun-hadcs and UNI
biellas dangled uselessy from their nails Oh
the rack All The windows were open, anC
under each marshal's picture lay little
iron camp bedstead with wounded or
| sick man asleep thinking OF some distant home
nearly all soldiers OF Poland told Eighteenth
and Nineteenth Prussan rcglinentsl-0r tossing
about IN pain dreamland. better hospital than
the Chateau ae Versailles cannot be easily found,
and there breeze and shade enough al this hour
10 make the galleries agreeable. In the gardens
there scarcely creature visible, but presently
three officers in Prusslan uniform came out across
the court by the jecss ana sprayless fountains, and
nared M the top OF the steps which lead from the
terrace The alleys, where they stood looking out
the canal and the scene. VIII CHI is lost IN the al
st Cyr road. II was the Crown Prince, attended bI
| Count Gutenberg and Major Misckow. The oni,