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bombardment partly . concession to public opinion at
home and partly to strengthen their lines by concenra
tion Knocked the works at Mount Avron to pieces and
advanced their own batteries to that point Against
villejuif no direct effort was made.
THE EFFORTS OF TIE PROVINCES.
From the beginning Of the siege Of Paris, the Military
Mcawber" who waited there for something to turn up
depended less on his ndiscipned masses than on
the armies which 1t was known wcro forming In tho
Provinces Tho hope which inspired their resolution
was a vain one nevertheless the grand and heroic eI
forts of the Provinces almost warranted the confidence
reposed In them. The Republic, which had como into
power on Sept T. had not army to contend against
the victorious half million of Germans French SOIL
Only an unorganizcd mas Of enthusiastic volunteers
rushed TO the rescue. These had to be disciplined uni
formed armed and, most difficult task OF a taught the
use of which for 20 years had been forbidden
them. Tho Minister Of War, Gambetta, escaping from
the beseged Capital In balloon, undertook
the organization of tho Provincial armies, and
nv sbeer force Of personal character, inspired
the Provinces to heroic efforts He not only gave them
rcnewed energy direction and out OF chaos brought
three great armies Camps established at Lille and
Rouen in the north ut Conle In the west and at Orleans
bordeaux Lyons In the SOUTH and to these Hooked
the recruits who had not, undirccted and unwisely
huddled I'm Paris The formation OF the most distant OF
theae camps was not interrupted by the Germans whose
main forces were still engaged before Nets and Paris
but Gen Won Moltke seems early to have contemplated
dispersal OF tho forces which concentrating, with
moro daring than discretion. ct Orleans only 20 miles In
the rear of his position south Of Paris. small army
detached from tho investing forco ct Versailles under
Gen. Won Der Tam, advanced upon Orleans on Oct. No.
surprising the French advance at ATtenay on that day.
and driving the main body Of the Army Of tho Loire out
Of Orleans on the following day. Beyond Orleans Won
Der Tam burst not venture and the result OF the e1pe
diion was simply to push the recruiting French little
further south. At the time, Won Der Tanns right
became exposed TO attack from the troops forming t
Conie behind s Mans and thus he was placed on the
defensive n position which demanded his utmost vigil
lance. He was glad to remain quiet until month later
when the surrender Of Metz gave him promise OF large
reunforcements from tho dsengaged army OF Prince
Frederick Charles No sooner had this event occurred
Oct 2e than Won Moke resolved tho Dispersal OF tho
French armies In tho Provinces. Won steinmetzs ola
army recruited to $1,000 men, WAS given 10 Gen
manteuhe and directed against the camps about iho
ana heuen and the fortified positions In tho North.
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New Breissch Nov 10 st. Quentin sept. 2, Schesadt
Oct 49, Thionvile ov. 49, and various other fortresses
Of the second and third classes fell In rapid succession
and with heavy aggregate loss the French From the
moment that Paris invested these became OF second
airy Importance and interest only affecting direct lines
Of communication, and We therefore merely aude to
them here out OF their chronological order The defense
Of Strasbourg conducted with moro stubbornness
than skill for nearly two months, and tho city and Its
citadel sustained during that time heavy and continued
nre from and destructive German artillery
But the siege remarkable only for tho subbornness
the resistance. The French engineers did not display
their quality ut all and there was nothing remarkable
operations Of the approaches and the preaching by
the Germans, There few assaults and sorties
Whatever, perhaps because o viglant German COM
mander gave opportunities for any. Thus, without
noteworthy incident the siege continued until patience
and provisions being alike exhausted the French
msnder surrendered Sept 2 ct the discretion Of the
conqueror But the army thus relieved from this siege
had others before It, and advanced only to sit down be-
fore moro stubborn Belfort.
Metz. never CLOSELY invested but at tho Same timo
closely guarded endured frequent repulse Of desperate
sores and hunger for two months and eight days. but
finding escape impossible and relief by another French
army vain hope, Marshal Bszaine, October g. sur
rendered his army Of 17300o Ut discretion Such
magnificent results the actual capture Of two armies
aggregatng 900 men, before attended the mill
tary efforts Of any nation and stories Of Metz and
significant do these triumphs appear comparison with
the dna success which few days must complete
in the equalization Of than 100000 soldiers garrison
ing city Of 100000 Inhabitants!
On surrendering at Sedan. Napoleon III. endeayored
to open negotiations for peace but the Prussan Premier
soon discovered that neither he tho Regency, TO
which tho Emperor had delegated authority, had power
10 enforce on France tho conditions precedent to peace
which were demanded for the Republic had been pro-
claimed and tho Empire repudiaed Well would II have
been for France the crime Of tho Empire In declaring
and making war had also been disavowed but the
responsibility for itA continuance was unhesatingy rs
sumed By Committee Of National Defense, which by
this rst oct indicated imbeoility since
Won Moltks was not tho man, nor was the Prussian
premier in the humor 10 delay long In negotiations with
fallen monarch or defiant ministry, and the same day
that saw the capitulation Of Sedan Also behed tho
columns of tho CrownlPnnces in motion toward Paris.
Tbs Saxon by tho Aisne and Oise, tho Prussian
by tho Marne and Aube, swept forward with
resis,less numbers. masking Laon. Soissons, and
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W.
near enough to lombard part of the city," During
the last week Of October park OF heavy guns such
all other siege parks known bear no comparison
with" reached Versailles, and planted to bear upon
tho southern line OF forts The siege guns other parts
Of the line not however In position to begin the
bombardment until the middle OF December, and IL
not until the day after Chrstmas that the first IRE
opened Tho French fort Mont Avron seized and ort
Ned during Duorots sore of Nov the FIRST position
attacked The nre Of four batteries Of Krupps
reduced after two days bcmbardment, and 1t was 0c
cuped ON Dec. 49, and battery commanding the forts
on the east Of Paris and capable Of throwing proeces
beyond the walls of the city at once erected upon
H. Forts Rosny Noisy and Romanville were after
slenced from this work but were not seized by thee
MANS nor indeed, abandoned by their garrisons. On
jan g. the batteries south Of the city opened on
Forts lazy vanves and Montrouge, and the nrst two
were senced after brief bombardment and tho third
ceased TO reply the lith What purpose inspired the
Germans TO this bombardment yet TO learn That
IL was futile a. against Paris s apparent indeed 10 can
not DO said that the city really subjected to deter
mined sheing As against the forts the re effect
i've and established the superiority of Krupp's cannon;
but effort made to take possession any Of the
regular forts whose re had been silenoed Indeed Il
seems moro than likely that the whole purpose Of the
bombardment was to satisfy German public opinion,
which had olamored for action. and TO convince the
Parans that tho threats Of bombardmen had not been
contented themselves with closely guarding every
avenue Of escape. repusng every sorte made by tho
French The last Of these. attempted on jan 49, was
signal failure resulting In the oss Of 5000 Rrenchmen
and INJECTING loss on the Germans Of only o. many
hundred The Government Of Paris was dcmoraised by
this failure, Trochu dismissed from command and
Jules Fsvre desparing Of further resistance repaired
TO Versailles to negotiate the surrender which has owl
IDENTIFY been resolved on ~ unavoidable.
THE RESULT EUROPE.
The fall Of Paris 10 virtually the end OF tho war There
may 10 weak resistance ct one two points; the scat
tered armies Of the provinces may maintain their organ.
izaton and defensive attitude for brief time but the
spirit Of resistance. tho principle Of cohesion 10 gone
Paris has ever been France In time Of revolution and
with tho citadel gone how shall the fortress hold QUIT
Tho war Ii practically ended and Its evils and Ito bless
ings may be summed up
The nrst We have recorded from day day with faith
fl and impartial pen Tho blessings tho future.
And the reduction Of France " second rsto power will
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