New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-11
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.

PROGRESS OF THE FRENCH CIVIL WAR
FORT D'IsSY UNTENABLE-FORT yANyRES SILENT
GREAT QUANTITIES OF WAR MATERIAL
CAPTURED AT FORT D'ISSY-THE INsURGENr
GEN. RossEL DISGUISED WITH THE COMMUNE
HE RESIGNS AND ASKS TO BE shNr Az
PRIsON-A TREATY OF PEACE SIGNED All
FRANKFORT.
LONDON, Wednesday, May 10, 1871.
DISPATCHES just received from Versailles state
that t fro from, Fort vanyres ceased at O'Clock THIS
evening II IA believed the fort has been evacuated
dispatcb from Paris states that the trcolOr is float
Ing from corner OF Fort dlssy, ana the fort ms
apparently been evacuated by the Versailles troops
The Commune announces that ii - Doth uhOecapieo anu
ultenable.
One hundred and twcnty-nne cannon were captured
in Fort dIssy. Large quantities of ammunition ana
provisions were also found in the fort beshe CONSIDER
able brandy infused with tobacco. The latter rendered
fatal the wounds Of those who drank it, The citue Vi
Fort dIssy said to have dlshearened the Parisis
body Of troops oday escorted to Versailles tho
cannon and flag captured az Fort dlssy The captured
standard presented to the Assembly Several OF the
members made speeches conSratuatipg the troops on
their
Auteuil and Point du Jour were bombardcd to-day
from Montrotout and Br:inbrOn," and the population
are flying panicstrlcken from that portion OF Paris
breach IN the walls of Paris ia expected ~ DO practicable
by tie end OF this week.
statement that the garrison escaped from Fort dlssy
before its capture is There sharp engage
mcnt yesterday at the bridge OF Neuly, In which the
Communists wore beaten.
The official journal OF the Commune Of today reports
all quiet IN the vicinity OF Fort d'Issy
Gen. Rosse has sent a communication to the Commune
rendering his resignation Communicated Of tho
lnsurgent forces. lie says 81 cannot endure to hold
the responsibility where everybody deberatcs, where
nobody obeys orders, where nothing ia organized and
whore the guns depend for service upon few Volun-
teers" IN continuation, the General complains that re-
endorsements not been granted him. when urgently
needed; and that In point Of fact the Commune was in
capable OF the discharge OF the duties pertaining to It,
He therefore, retrcs from its service Tie document
concludes as follows 1.-TWO were open to our
forces to break through the obstacles which environ
Paris or to retire The former has been found to be i'm
possible and therefore have retired have the honor
TO ask OF you a cell in the Mazas prison"
dispatch from Frankfort announces that a definite
treaty OF peace between France and Germany was
signed this afternoon dispatch from Frankfort to the
Provincial COrreSpoHden OF Berlin says the negota-
tons completed to-day will result in ehectng real ana
durable peace, and will not merely remove temporary
difficulties II ia also believed the Paris Notifications
now occupied by the prussan troops will be delivered TO
the Versailles Government even before the payment OF
the first installmcnt of the war indemnity
The SUBJ Committee OF Organization of the Commune,
in a procamaton issued to-day, orders the most relent
ess measures toward the besicgers. No soldier will be
allowed to depart in the slightest degree from his duty,
and all the troops forbidden to cease firing upon the
Versailles troops who may attempt to surrender while
fugtives and straggers be sabred when caught or
If they are IA bodies to DO fired into ncr-
cilessly with cannon and milTaieuses
At secret sitting sf the Commune, on Tuesday 1t was
decided TO insist the resignation of tie Committee of
Pubc Safety and that the appointment Of their success
ors should be made Immediately. The Commune also
decided to meet three days Of each week. except in
case of cme rgcncy when the sngs will be held perma-
nentiy Tie win be held in the Hotel de VILE
NJ Dclescluze announced that Cen Rosse adheres to his
resignation and appealed to tho Commune to forego all
animosities. The meeting was characterized with re-
examinations between the members Of the Central Com
mittee and those Of the Committee of Public Safety.
IN, Daily Nerss special dispatch nom Paris gays the
column IA the Place yend0me will fall on Thursday.