Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-05-23
yERSAILLgSTS FORCE THE GATES
.L AND ENTER PARIS. tis~
Heavy Fighting Within the city.

BEREIN,T May, l22.-TheJ Committee OF
Reichsfath have agreed to address the
throne, Epronouneing the ministerial plan
for concessions TO natiOnalities failure,
encouraging to malcontents, and demand
ING strong State organizations. '<t
Thiersf circular announces that General
Donafrus1ed into Paris through the gate
OF st. Cloud.
Latef adyices state that DoIal holds his
position inside the walls. -.,r.
a white flag was hoisted at Anteyille
gate, where two regiments entered. -a
Malakoff and Fort Montrouge were
abandoned by the Insurgents.
1t is stated that .Pyatt,, GroneSset, and
other Commune leaders, had disappeared.
The only Commune generals now outside
of the walls are Dombrowsli in the Bois de
Boulogne, aud Wroblewski at Chantilly.
Still later advices say the Versaillists
had reached the Arc de Triomphe, and
that the guns on the ramparts were turned
upon the insurgents, Es
Twenty thousand men are under the
walls of fsSy, and forty thousand more are
moving on the open gates.
NEW YORK, May 22.-The Worlds cable
dispatches from Paris this afternoon says: :
Ali is over. Seventy thousand Versaillists
have already entered the city, and more
are now coming. They were marching in
ell night, coming through six gates and
met with but slight resistance. The barri
cades were mot defended, and no mines
were exploded.
The Versaillists are now moving on the
Hotel de Vile, where the Communists
viii make their last stand. - sD Al Jf-
The Versaillists behaved spiendidly, and
are committing 10 eXcesSes.
PkRIs, May 2I.4lliis afternoon three
squadrons of cavalry were reviewed amid
a tremendous excitement. Gems. Herriri
and Fortune presented them with stand
ards, and they shouted. 1--WE will defend
them till DEATH" Soon afterwards Petit
Vanvres, by order of the commander, was
evacuated In order to shelter Montague.
At six o'clock tonight the Versaillists
entered the La Meritte gate, and sharp
fighting ensued.
Extraordinary rumOrs are af1oat.
1t is reported that the Versaillists have
been repulsed.,
Mounted orderlies have just arrived at
the war Office with news. s-.F ...s..5 H..
Col. Lisboune, commanding the Franc
Tireurs, started Immediately to attack the
Versaillists in the flank.
LONDON, May 22.-Communication
with Paris has been suspended.
The Prussians have cut the northern
railroad.
The capture of Dombrowski is reported.
The bembardment of the portion of the
Paris fortifications, held by the insurgents,
still continues.
A Versailles dispatch this morning says
that the Versaillists hold the gates of st.
Cloud, Passy, Antevilie, Trocadere and
Minette.
Half of the Versailles army is within
the wofls
Heavy firing is heard in the Champs
Elyses.
VERSAILLES, May 22.--General Dom |
browski, who was reported q as taken
prisoner by the Versailles troops, is said to
have been recaptured by his own men,
and since made an attempt to escape from
Paris, and it is now stated that he and his
commandare surrounded near st. Quentin,
and will probably be captured.
PARIS, May Afternoon. The Yer
sailles army has occupied Paris. The
headquarters of Marshal Mcmahon are
established in the new Opera House, The
headquarters of General Cissy, whose
forces entered the city from the South, are
in the Ecole Militaire which fronts the
Champs de Mars.
There was a great explosion near the
Esplanade des Invalides.
LONDON, May 22.-The steamer Paro-
quay, hence TO New York, returned dam
aged by running down the screw steamer
Webb The Webb sunk Immediately.
There were thirteen lives lost. p