The New York herald., 1871-03-19
FRANCE.
The Triulnphal March Tsrough the Champs

The Triulnphal March Tarough the Champs
EIysees.
The special correspondent OF the London Times
after mentioning the difficulties he had to overcome
in order to set into the Champs Eysees, writes -
At last at the bottom Of the Avenue FrledIand
succeeded IN passing the charmed line aud saw,
looming through the log, the A,c de rEtoi.e; but
even before we could distinguish Its outline the DIS
tant cheers o. tie GERMAN army reached US "A long
continued, unbroken roar rising and failing like the
waves II the ocean. and as intermittent. 1t was
impossible doub what those cneers meant. Thirty
thousand Germans were marching IN triumpb be-
meath tile arch on wtlch are chronlced German
defeats, ana making ring wirn ,neir
shouts of victory. A line OF German Dragons ut
the Top OF the avenue again barred our Progress,
these multiplied precautions beng evidently neces-
sary 10 limit as much as possible The crowd which
was attempting TO gather. Al this moaleni the top
space near the arch were MED with troops waiting
to pass through IL and small but silent was
collected It's outskirts. Suddenly we were
startled by shot Nhich, apparently, proceeded
from the 6erni ans, aud caused little emotion
among The pssIandeIs, IL was evidently fred
an ACCIDENT bul the epIssde was not
arch itseti and Were Witnesses OF spectacle whicn
no one VINO was present be ue Frelu h, German or
neutral can ever forget. The broken ground be-
neaih the aren had been levciied ana a good road.
way mace through II, ano alvng this passed infantry
cavalry ana artiliery-.he iaces oi tde men radeit
wlin an axuaton wnch iS Is uposs bic 10 describe.
For TINS supreme hour they had endured ana bed
but now the dangers aoa the hardsDips OF the war
had come 10 an end. Their Iaces were turned at
homewards was tans male tae sign and
pledge OF their success. As The head OF each pat-
tnon came under me arch the mounted Officers
leading II rened up Tor inonent, cast one look uD
Az the list Of victories Inscribed head, glance
back 10 Incn men, anu then WAVING their helmets
high apove their heads. gave the signal Tor aringng
cheer In q seconn every helmet was IN the air; the
horses, started BY The sudden roar, pranced and
reared, their riders, carried away by the excite
ment, with heightened co.or and hashlag eyes. still
waved their helmets, wnIe the men strained their
throats with tncir snouts oi trluapn
III was Tue onlv occasion upon WHICH have seen
the Germans indulge IN military glorificaton: thev
1a)ry ieyepd n iheir triumph ami iG was tue more
legitimate now, because IN entering ihey hau gore
modestly rround the arch, ana because there were
Frencninen present TO wtness tlelr own humia.
tion, the Germans by choosing q very early
hour ana closing up al ihe avenues had done
triumph 10 themselves. There were, indeed,
not above 800 or 40 people present, and these
The last cheer mad been gwen, the last helmet
waved; the cavalry pickets were beginning TO close
IN iluin the rear, wnen earn &c and one horse
containing inree German onlcers IN uniform, wno
were eviuentiy nou-eXecuiives, aud mad allowed
IN an instan' the mob began 10 close IN upon them
and try 10 rgnen their morse, II possible TO
cut them on, yelling, Kissing ana peling them with
dirt The occntants o siie carriage Kept
tneir temper admirably, aud beckoned TO
tue dragons TO wait Tor them; IN a mo-.
pcen Eve minutes later Ihey would certainly nave
been murdered. Lncouiaged 10y this episode and
by the iac that the ast dragoon had has back
turned 10 thum tne MOB rushed through tire arcn
Wnlstlg aud ROWING ana closing IN upon the re.
tirina iiekcS. Finding themselves unnONced they
were getting holder, v hcn hall dozen uraaoons
slowly laceu about. IN an instant tue yelling ca
nsl4ile Tying all directions. rcquiren only
hair dozen armed Germans look az tneln Ia
strike terror iut0 the craven hearts. For abect
coWaralce combined with refined cruelty the las.
forty-egnt hours have sho Hn that u low Paris MOB
cannot be matched.
The Review oi The German Troops on the
Ecis Ge Eoaisgne.
The German troops having quilted Paris The
columns marched by different roads into the heart
OF the tots DE- Boulogne, where the infantry hated,
rlled arms, TOOK OIL their knapsacks and lay down,
many Of them TO sleep. Some oi the bands were
playing. 81 length came the review, which Is
graphically described by military correspondent OF
the london Tntes:--
The troops welc drawn up at first IN two lines,
cach me beng formed OF baltlitons in close cot
uiHn. Whcn the Emperor appeared on the ground
anu approached the troops hearty cheers broke
1ortli, bus when lie came close to item and they
ceiyca tIe otaer 10 pleSent arms thelc was silence
among the men, and only confused sound OF
music, as many bands at once PLAY cd the an
item Whicn we call "God save the QueeD.n
marched past in quicn time. rirsl came The iui.n-
first In Prissian paradcs. The men were thicAly
beardei, and seemed warriors every one Of lnctn;
e. was said w some one. not so much Ike soldiers