, 1870-09-22
THE WAR IN EUROPE.
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Ares;tshc Work OF DemoIltlom.
Daily Lo,dof Paris sends letter to the
ing some Of tIf.cs, On the 1st inst, describ-
~ devoted yesfencos Of Paris. He says:
deavor to form aday afternoon to an en-
Paris would have ino.ion OF what chances
northern side. I firat be attacked on the
On the hill there was aove to Montmartre.
artillery, which would smidab'e battery of
Notifications and sweep thE balls over the
is. The driver Of my tlacrsains Of st. Den
lived at La Vlllette, and oifeh me thnt be
through, that workingmen's TO drive me
men in blouees, and all the cabaretpups of
of them. They are all ont Of Mork,,re full
driver they ask for arms to defend thd the
Tut tho government do not dare to ciyGity,
muEkets, for thsy would never surroam
them before they had driven away not OF
the Prussians, but the Emperor Also At thj
St Detis gate, through which We passed,
oEery ytl1ing appeared really for attack. Hero,
as at the other gates, a trench had boen cut
across the road, loopholed wall about two
feet thick had been built, and eatthworks, re-
eenlbling species Of tete de pont, had been
thrown 1p. ~ As We enoEged from the
n1si9h nia9hn q {.r st; troons Denis, where MsImont
National Gusra had Geld ihe allies les at rsin Sas F.
1914 for eight hours: lay before LIZ. To tho
right WAS tue Fort d'Auberyil,ers, in front Of
us St. Denis, and far OF to tho left tho fort OF
Mont Valcrien. At tho villages Of Aubervil-
tie1s and Courbeyoie there we're earthyoxka
and batteries. Having heard that there we're
several regiments Of the limo at St. Denis,
and being curious to see what was going on
there, I proceeded III that direction. Tie
town has strong rampant round 1t, and, like
Paris, il surrounded BY external forts. To
avoid SUSPICION, drove to the cathedral. and
pnt myself under the wing of a guardian
whose business it was to show ths tombs
Of tho Kings Of France. This worthy
ufal that a stranger should choose this
moment for siglit-Heesng. Round the outer
door Of tho cathedral was gzoup Of soldiers.
and they accompanied the guardian aud nv.
eelf in our tour inside The guardian tlId NOT
spare rs one word of Lis 'oftrtold tale,' and
my soldier friends appuared to listen 10 cyery
syllable that fell from lis lips with tho deepest
respect. .TEheso Door fellows, who no doubt
ou ,be field Of Lattle s,ll fight like heroes.
were az peaceful and as quiet AZ girls school.
as VIC went III and ont OF the church. thew
dipped their fingers in ths holy wator aud
crossed themselves; aud ii by accident one Of
ihi them 2 uttered word whilo We were
the OILERS. Tho guardian told mo that
every day for the lass--week lie Ind shown SOW
craI hundred soldiers over tho cathedral, and
that they had all, without exception, behaved
in the samc orderly, decent manner. He said
that there ware four regiments iu the town,
and that. for tho past week. regiments pass
ing north had succeeded each other aystv
second day. Along the main street OF tho
town large ditch had bccn cut, with an
sarthHork behind it. Tho ramrarts were
lined with cannon. and trees were being cut
down and houses pulled down within the
"zene mtlltalre.' Not only were
tho barracks crowded with troops.
but IN one OF tho squares
afegiment was cncamped under tent. From
st. Denis drove through Argenteuil and
Constevolc. The country IN this direction is
divided into market gardens and Vineyards In
mon nor women. In the towns, althou yh the
chops were still open, all the houses werc shut
up, except where tie furniture was being
placed in vans to be taken to Paris. All the
villae we're deserted. At Courberoie there
were two regiments. returned to Paris By
feuil,y- At the gate Of Nomlly the
work Of demolition within tho military
zone had commenced, and, in day
or two, all the condemned .houscs
round tho Notifications will DO levelled, AsI
drove down the Champs Etysees, noted tho
number Of soldiers whn were louns1ng and
sitting about, As far a. could make out,
there were three Of them for every civilian.
Having little more spare time on my hands,
I rassed through Paris and went to tho camp
OF st. Maur.. On both sides of tho road squads
OF ccnecrirts IN new uniforms were being
drilled: At St: Maur there was \ large park
OF artillery, and several regiments Of tue limo
were cncamped where, few days ago, had
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