The Portland daily press., 1871-01-16
Progress Of the Bsmbardmeut.

VERSAILLES, Jan. 13-Evening.-On Toes
day evening the Prussan batteries were adj
vanced so as to command range nearly mile
nearer the city than that which they had in
their previous positions. They then opened
fire on the city, hut it was subsequently dis
covered that but six ct the batteries were of
sufficient power to reach the city with their
this cannonade, which was kept up necessarily
during the entire night, and until daybrcak on
Wednesday.
MONT ROUGE DISABLED.
The barracks and other buildings in the inte-
rior Of Fort Mont Rouge were utterly destroyed
aud rendered useless for the military purposes
to which they had been previously devoted.
Other Prussian guns of great range and calibre
have been selected and placed in elevated posi-
tions, so as to bring within the compass of their
range many of the principal buildings within
the city.
DESTRUCTIVE DESIGNS. II;
The Hotel de Vile, the Hotel DIES Invalides
and the Palace Of the Luxembourg are all COW
cred with thesu guns, and it is the intention OF
the Germans to open cannonade on these
buildings which will speedily level them to
their foundations.
WEDNESDAYS BoAIBARDMENT.
The bombardment on "Wednesday was ex.
ceedngly vigorous and powerful in its effects.
A perfect rain of shells was poured into the
man batteries ipflictng an immense amount
OF damage.
The French positions fronting CLAIMANT and
Mendon, small towns in the suburbs of Paris,
have been occupied by the German troops.
soRTIE.
The French made sortie in small force and
attacked the Bavarian outp0sts. The Bava.
rians, taken by surprise at first, fell back, but
soon rallied and repulsed the attaching party,
with considerable loss.
MONT vALERIAN SUFFERING.
Fort Mont de Valerian has suffered greatly
from the effects of the bombardment. The out
works and embrazures of the fort have been
massing large bodies OF troops before it for its
defence.
EFFECTS OF SHELLS IN THE CITY.
Several shells have fallen into the garden of
the Luxembourg palace, but without doing
any serious damage. Near the military hos,
pital OF Vadegrace, from the dome of which
the Germans can see the ambulance flag hy-
ing, the effect OF the sbellng has been more BE-
rious. The damage done to buildings has
been triHDg, as the precautions taken to preS
serve; but the shells which have entered the
city in this vicinity have killed two or three
persons and wounded several Others
GRAND SMELLING Assault FOR SUNDAY.
Preparations are being made by the German
army for a grand shelling assault on Parls,
which has been fixed to take place on Sunday
next. 10000 incendiary bombs will be fred
into the city on that day. The mortars from
which these shells are to be fired are of gigan-
tic sizs and constructed OF tue strongest and
most reliable material. A number Of these
have already been drawn up in their allotted
positions and others will speedily follow.
THE PARTISAN POPULATION
London, JAM 13-The latest information re-
ceived from Paris gives the plumber Of inhabi-
tants at present undergoing the horrors Of the
seige in that city as 2,OO5,700. This number is
exclusive of the troops of the regular army,
sailors and members of the 9arde Mobile.