The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-04-06
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Decisive Defeat Of the Insurgents..-
The Situation Tuesday Evening"
PARIS, Evening, April 4.
II Is rumorCd that the Nationals have
sustained o decisive defeat. Forty thous.
and arc massed before Issy and Clamart.
The ramparts are strongly guarded. Mont
Valerien b silent The artillery duel be-
tween Issy and Versailles continues. The
Nationals occupy the bridge Of Neuilly.
Government troops are invisible. The
Paris Deputies 10 the Assembly had an
interview today with some Of the mem
bers Of the Commune.
VERSAILLES, April 8.
Picard has issued the following circular
to the projects:
"The insurgents have met with . de.
cisiVe check. Our troops have captured
the redoubt at Chatillon with 5000 pris.
oners. Flourens and Duval are dead and
Henry Is q prisoner. twenty-five Of the
Communists have resigned and ASsy has
been imprisoned by bis own followers.
The Government Is happy to inform you
OF this condition Of affairs, which. 1t has
expected"
A PruSSlan Army Corps Ready to
March to Paris. 81
g. To- -. -"
Rumored' Entry of Insurgents Into
Versailles.
Another Bulletin from the Govern.
t' ment. #Hf
Particulars Of the Late Battle.
LONDON, April 5.
The Times special at Versailles states
that fifteen hundred insurgents were
taken prisoners. In Paris there is :conSter-
nation. The people oi Versailles are great.
lyirritated against the insurgents, I'M
The 1sS0r1phS correspondent says:
Tho 1st Prussian army corps has been
ordered to hold itself ready to march to
Paris. The reign Of terror continues
within the city. DR.. John ,Swinburne, Of
the American Ambulance corps, Is serious.
lyill. gy LE
A special to the Daily Meas says: The
Nationals attacked the Government troops
Tuesday near Meudon, and suffered u
complete route. Garibaldi declines the
command Of the insurgents. Its rumor-
ed that twenty thousand Nationals have
entered Versailles. The report Is con-
sidered doubtful. The effective strength
oil Communists. Il 120,0 900 men, and two
hundred guns Gen. Eudes Is reported
wounded.
LONDON, April 8.
The following details have been re-
ceived: Gen. Bsrgeret. commanded the
right wing Of the Communists, with Gen.
Flonrens In his rear as support. General
Duval commanded the centre, and Gen.
Eudes the left. wing. The LEFT and left
centre suffered more heavily In the en-
gagement than the right, but were pro-
teCted in their retreat by the fire Of the
forts held by the Communists. Tho Ma.
tionals were badly organized, and having
but q limited supply were soon out Of am.
munition. Many tried to return to Paris,
but found the gates shut and men posted
on the ramparts, who threatened to shoot
them IL they attempted TO re.enter the
city. 49, -sh ~ ruDf!
The contest at OIeudon was exceedingly
bloody. The firing OF batteries manned
by artillerists from the Versailles army Is
pronounced fully equal In spirit and effect
10 the German 6ombardment Of Paris.
A dispatch from Versailles says the
government is disposed to show the great.
est kindness and humanity to the fnsur.
gents. s
IA. Red Republican proclamation,
dated at the Tuilleries, strongly condemns
the conduct OF the Versailles government
in attacking Paris. $50. u
A dispatch from Paris says: "Fighting
continued until after 8 o'clock on the eve.
ming Of the 4th. Il IS said the Nationals
have fortified Moulin and 1t. Pierre. Gen.
Sullier Is reported to have escaped from
the custody OF the Central Committee.
The Paris boulevardS are crowded with
people, and present an animated appear
ance. The cafes arc open, and omnibusses
are running, though the shops are all
closed. The excitement is intense, but
the city Is quiet. All foreigners have
hoisted tho flags Of their respective
countries"
A dispatch from Marsellles Ofthe 9th
says the insurgents in that city are mainly
GSribsldianS, and have nearly all been
arrested, D..
LONDON, April 5.=-9:SOP. N.
The Arch Bishop of Paris has been ar.
rested by the Commune on the charge Of
conspiracy against the safety ofthe State.
Atthe last advices from Paris the can
nonading continued.
The Peace Conference at Brussels held
a session Of two hours to-day. One Of the
French plenipotentiaries has gone to
Versailles to consult with the govern
ment
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