The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-05-20
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The Attempt Of Domhrowsh to Recap
ture the Bridge Of Neuilly.
WHY THE PLAN FAILED.
9hs Mrusgls About the Barbados and the
Panic thai ElSucd.
THE MASSACRE ct CLAIMANT.
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Father Eyacintlle on the Present
State Of France.
THEIRS Proclamation to the
Farisians.
The Women of the Capital Peti-
ton for Peace.
ThMrs' Proclamation to the
FaE'iSians.
The Women of the Capital Peti-
ton for Peace.
TEE FINANCES OF TIE COMMUNE.

The German steamship veser Captain willigerod.
nOm Bremen May 8, via southampton the sth
arrived At this port yesterday with ten days. later
mails than those brought by the Cuba
DOmbr0wrlki's Attempt TO Rccapturc Neuilly-
Cann0nadinx all Along the Linc-rhe strmG-
gle About the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Among
xbe Natsonals-A Disxraced Battalion.
PARIS. May 4, 1871.
On the morning OF the lst inst, General Dom
SrowsN received at Neuilly a despatch from the
Commune signed jules Andrea, informing him that
che negotiations ut Versailles had been broken or.
and ordering him to reopen hostilities Immediately
He instantly gave orders TO inform the enemy that
she truce would expire within the hour, and set
about making preparations for an attack upon the
garden forming the corner OF the Rue de Chevy and
the Rue Perronet Three Of the corners formed
by the intersection OF these Streets as
have explained In former letter,
were already In his possession, and this circum.
stance gave him q decided advantage over the
enemy, enabling him to pour In raking flank fire
upon them from the house on the corner, the Sec
Ond story OF which he had placed two mountain
neid pieces. As the Versailles troops showed no
immediate intention to recommence hostiiites he
caused to be moved under the cover OF the garden
walls and the barricade in the Rue de Chevy ITSELF
TWO twelve-pounders into the garden of the same
house where they were masked by a high wall. AT
mis- point they were only separated by the Rue Per-
ronet from The house occupied by the enemy,
distance perhaps or fifty feet.
The wall between was
MINED
during the course OF the afternoon In order to be
blown up If required TO unmask these two guns,
IN case the mountain pieces should not succeed In
dlslodging the enemy. / have already explained
nj had hoo ctro utha
by piling up sandbags inside from top to bottom
making them capable OF resisting q twelve.pound
shell. All this was accomplished without the enemy
suspecting that the house occupied by anything
more than few sharpshooters About seven
O'Clock In the evening the battery at CourDevoie
opened the ball by sending shell down TO the
Porte Mailiot, and General Domprowski Immediately
ordered
FIRE TO BE orENEo ALL ALONG TIE LINE,
nom keuiy to Asnieres A terrific cannonade en-
sued The federals have in all about twenty pieces
n Asnieres and Neuilly, and all OF Them at nearly
the same moment, commenced vomiting forth their
iron han upon the Versailles batteries, which were
mot slow to respond with nearly double the number
OF guns making the pleasant quiet valley resound
with their terrific thunder Several Of the bastions
between the Porte Maiot and the Porte Courcelles
soon joined their voices 10 the horrible concert 1t
being the object OF DomprowsSi to distract the at
anu take them In measure by surprise.
FROM THE ROOF ROUSE.
Mounting to the roof oil tail hOlsc in the Rue Per-
ronet winch has not yet been made mark for the
shells OF The enemy, mad an excellent view OF the
quite dark and one could the Hash OF every
gun ana eS tina. means distinguish clearly the posi-,
Courbevoie seemed 10 be one continual
BLAZE OF LIGHT,
as were the Porte Mailot and the Porte des Ternes
while all along the heights from Bec0n to Cour-
beVOle the lncessant flashes OF fire darling up
AGAINST the horizon and Illuminating the whole
sky; the continued roar OF the artillery aud tile
horid screaming and shrieElng or the rushing
shells, dashing along the sky IKE thunder Chaps,
crashing into the roofs OF houses, plouahng up the
earth, bursting In the air ike me,eors, exploding
with frigntfully wicked crash and send
ing the fragments whizzing in every direction; the
sudden crashing sound OF the mitrailleuses and
ligh over all the dark sullen form OF Mont Vale
nen, It's crest anery splitting forth dame and smoke
Ike some fnghtiul monster OF olden times-ali con-
spired TO make MAGNIFICENT put terrible
spectacle. "A house was soon set on
fire near the Malot Gate by petroleum shells, and
then another and another commenced burning,
adding their light to the lightnings OF war, and
illuminating The valley and the houses and the sky
with lurld glare. The lash OF one heavy piece al
CourDevoe could be seen every time ike huge bail
Others. In the Rue Ferronet and the Rue dc Chevy
TIE BATTLE RACED fiERCELY.
second story windows and loopnoles OF The house
on the corner and the Short sharp report or the
mountain pieces showed they too were hard at work
upon the garden opposite. The two twelve
FOUNDERS iii the barricade roared and howled and
Delched forth their iron hail sometimes upon the
barricade al the other end OF the street. sometimes
upon the ohuse on the corner, nearly opposite.
They were answered by q continuous roll OF
mnsketry from the house and garden, and one
heavy piece from the adverse barricade.
LOSSES.
A young officer OF Dombrowskrs stan, with whom
dned only the evening before was cut In two by
shell. Colonel Davis, acting chief Of staf and
Captain Hunzinger, were Knocked down and com
DoMBRowsKI's RESOLVE
About midnight General Dombrowrki, seeing that
garden was fast becoming untenaoie, de-
terImned TO surround and capture them.
oarricsdes In the Rue ut. Poy, which protected
their right, ana which was for the moment weakly
defended, and, advancing 10 the Boulevard de Cha.
their rear, IN order TO cut OF their retreat
THE MINE EXPLODED.
lie then exploded the mine. blowing up the walls
on ooth sides OF the Rue Perroner at the same
ment, causing a most formidable explosion saw
heavens for an instant: then came a stunning re-
port ana moment later The rattle OF falling stones
fused rushing ana trampnng in Va the Rue
Perrones, mingled with cries OF conster-
an the wlltea. haste evidently frightened nearly To
death. II seems that not being IN secret OF the
mine AMI the concealed battery. they had become
panic stockton at seeing the fearful explosion right
under their very noses-thnking, probably, II was
some diabolcal invention OF the enemy, and sought
TIM DIN or BATTLE.
pnmasKed openen mon me my ,omse opposc io,n,ne
their boaTse voices TO those OF the pieces In the
barricade, and for q few minutes the noise OF the
conflict, the crash OF tun1bng walls and falling
debris, the rattle OF the Chassepots and tue
Gerce bowling OF those gnsy dogs OF war
something terrible. Then there was
sudden silence, and the words "En dndnf ~ rung
cut ia the darkness. rush, q shout, then sud-
den, heavy discharge, followed IN quick succession
w half dozen others-siirlcks. cries, shouts.
yroans-a rushing ana trampling, and, moment
AFTER, The street was Iul of
FLYING, AKTHEATING MEN,
snenlng in the widest confusion toward the Porte
oes iernes. They had attacked ana been repulscd,
tsghiened sheep Tney ran maoly over General
Iomniowskl VINO fainly tired 10 arrest their head.
AMY n'fht shocking lin ooyp and trsDpling