Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-04-20
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FoREIGy NEWS BIZ THE CABLE.
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desperate Fighting During Tuesday.
Hasfy Retreat Of the National Guard.
Women and Children Burned to Death.
Interesting Congressional Proceedings.
Miscellaneous and Washington News.
MISCELLANY. .
NATIONALS REPORTED DEsPONDENT.
MISCELLANY.
REPORTED DEsPoNDEl
The Insurgents Driven from Asniers with
Heavy Loss.
ENGLISH NEWS.

LONDON, April ia dispatch from
Versailles to-day, says the Government
troops occupied Asniers yesterday, driving
the enemy across the Seine, and capturing
some prisoners. The loss of the Govern
ment troops was small.
Batteries have been placed in a position
which prevent the insurgents from using
the bridge which crosses the river from
Clichy to Asniers. -..1.s
The insurgent troops are quiet, and their
batteries were silent during last night.
The Versaillists compelled the Commun-
lists to evacuate Asniers, but they re-occu-
pied it in the afternoon, and were again
attacked in the evening with fierce fusil-
ade. The Versaillists with difficulty held
their positions. -
Paris dispatches of Tuesday evening say
the Versaillists have not resumed the of
fensive. e.te-
The belligerents are separated by the
island of Grande Jotte. .-,.....rl
The Communist losses yesterday were
very heavy. ffaI ttlt-I
Its said the Nationals are greatly dis
couraged by their sufferings and losses.
A special to the Standard says the spirit
the Versaillist troops is unsatisfactory, and
that even discipline is wanting.
The in surgents will probably evacuate
Asniers to- day.
Changes in the French ministry are re-
ported. ~st l.-7
The Versaillists carried the woods of Co
lombes, the Communists suffering fearful
ly in killed and prisoners. r-iF lIllrE
Asniers is now threated on both sides.
Herr Dollinger, a distinguished Bavarian
theologian, has been communicated by
the Pope.
LONDON, April 19.-Dispatches from
Versailles give some particulars regarding
ha iOh nf rdox1 af w
incessant fighting around Neuilly, which
lasted throughout the day Sunday and
Sunday night and all day Monday, was
followed by an ominious calm Monday
night, which was broken shortly after
daylight Tuesday morning by the insu-
gents. The conflict ragged all day with but
little advantage being gained by either
side, every inch of ground being obsti-
nately contested, and both sides fighting
with the most determined vigor. Houses
were on fire in various parts of the town,
most of the inhabitants having sought
shelter in cellars, where many of them,
including women and children, were
burned to death. 80
Towards night, the Nationals, from some
unknown cause, became panic-stricken and
fled precipitately towards Paris. The dead
and wounded are lying thick in the road.
The Government troops did not follow the
Nationals
The widest excitement prevails in Paris,
and the inhabitants are leaving by the
thousand. All the churches are closed,
but the war on sacred edifices still con-
tinues, and priests are daily being insulted
and imprisoned. Almost every church in
the city has been pillaged. sf
The road to st. Denis is choked with re-
fugees from Paris.
Provisions are more plentiful. The
northern and eastern railroads are still
bringing in supplies. f4E ~
BRUSSELS, April 19.-It is ascertained
that the Peace Conference of the Andes
augers nothing for France. FxrgE