The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-05-14

the oatvery on the Trocadero, but not without
adding enormously to the harm already done Dy tne
explosion OF shells In the CITY DIV gnnners n
valeren have several times yielded to the tempss-
| ton ana dropped compliment to the Trocauero'
! OF the city batteries Mt Meudon, Chaton ana the
| Chalets have b0mbarded lssy Tor more tnan
week, and a battery al Breleuil is now bonn
| lssy and vanvres replied TO the nre or
snr nao preeson Una and have done
these batteries no harm but that OF inntctlng small
loss OF Killed aud wounded by means or q shell now
and then happily put In the right spot But the Dat
ieries the other nand have got the range OF Issy
that she Is III at ease whenever the fire begins
and perhaps, Will not stand II much longer.
IssY's FIRE is sLAcKENED
and her ramparts knocked to pieces and it Is even
now doubtful II she could resist an assault. From
the Point du Jour the bastons reply 10 the battery
az Breteuil; but the battery IS too well served for
the duel TO be long the more especially as lssy must
presently come 10 the ASSISTANCE OF Breteuil lssy
Will be taken by storm no doubt, in few days, and
then a lew heavy guys mounted there Will knock
the wall to pieces at the Point du Jour in as many
hours. TWO points in the wall VIII then be
READY FOR THE srORluNG PARTIES,
the point at the Porte Maiilot andtha at the Point
and Its enyirons the reader can see at q
glance The relation these points bear to those
avenue OF the Champs Elysees. Sturmiug parties
entering at these points would open Tor the troops
two Troublesome by the avenue and the other by the
quay-that meet at the Place de la ConcOrde and
by simply holding the avenue down TO the Place de
la Concorde the soldlery would Isolate from the In
surrecilon all that splendid quarter Of the city which
lies between the Seine, the wall and the avenue OF
the Champs EySeeS BY holding this quarter they
would afford refuge to all who wish to escape from
the tyranny or the Commune, and give Iolut OF
support on which all the legitimate resistance Of the
city could rally anu accumulate force.
PROSPECTS.
This appears to be the operation that the military
authorities PROPOSE and do not doubt that n they
win la to pieces do not believe that It wil make
resolute light IN the streets At tlle beginning
when II was doubtful whether the soldiers would
stand against 1t. 1t might have dOne this, but all
doubts on that head have been settled at Nanterre,
Claimant, Courbevoie and the Porte Maiilot, and at
these places also the insurrecton has used up It's
lighting material. The worst OF the cut-throats are
tired OF 1t now and is evident that they SIMPLY
Watching one another, each to prevent the fellow
beside MIN running away.
MILITARY CHANCES.
In this speak OF the military chances, and speak
lutely the military operations; but 1t is pretty
PAIN that the government keeps IN view more the
political than the military ASPECT OF events; and III
the pursuit OF political purpose am inclined to
think that II Is
NURSING THE RESURRECTION.
IL wants to make as great thing out or this
trouble as II possibly can not merely that the people
may feel more grateful 10 IL for crushing so terrible
a rebellion. but for motive that goes deeper still.
1t wants TO hold this insurrection up to the people
rs long as possible as sort OF raw-head-and-bioody
bones emblem OF what must always come from re-
publlcs, and III that way II hopes 10
DISGUST THE COUNTRY
with the very name OF republicanism and push 1t
70 iall into the arms OF constitutional monarchy.
Ia The pursuit OF this point 1t has now opened the
trenches for regular approaches against lssy,
although lssy IL ready for stormlng and 1t talks or
reducing Paris I'm month or two" In this sort or
politics people win readily recognize THAT indircc
ton and Insincerity that cunning taking the place
OF wisdom, which has always been the controlling
clement IN the public career OF NJ. Timers.
TEE ARMY OF THE COMMUNE.
In the Grand Army of the Commune OF Paris there
has been he'd court martial! which Is OF peculia ar
interest as presenting an exact state OF the disc
a nf hn faraa
with Which Paris expects TO maintain herself
against all France. 1t appears that on the night OF
Neullly was so hard pushed by the regular troops
that all the force he had in hand melted away.
for what is called the Eleventh Legion, which con.
tains twenty-elght battallons, and ought to count
10000 men. Dombrowski. however. knows the
troops OF the Commune TOO well to fancy that he
would get 10000; but be expected that 'at least
6, 900 would concise readily do formidable num-
bers soften themselves under fire. He expected,
then. i've thousand and now many really came
Tell II not in GATH and let 1t not be mentioned in
the streets or taverns OF Askelon or the neighbor-
ing cities,
"oNLY FORTY CAME.n
All the Eleventh Legion" OF 10000 men ciphered
itself down TO forty In presence OF the hour or
BAT. And the Eleventh is just as good and Just as
bad as any other legion that the Commune mas un-
1ghtng force with winch PARIS can resist 1t Is ne
cessary TO count forty in every place IN which the
Commune gives Itself 10000, ana thus It may be
possible TO touch the true figure This court martial
Is more TO be depended upon than the stories OF
frightened civilians, who come IRON distance and
are filled with admiration to see some or The Ma
uonai Guards stand Tor hours In face OF shell fire
which demoralizes the frightened civilians IN ten
minutes.
GENERAL DoMBRowsKI AND COMPANY
seem to nave thought that this case OF forty who
came for ten thousand was so lagrant as TO call Tor
inquiry into the causes that could produce result
20 necessarily disastrous to all military operations.
rney therefore liked upon the One Hundred and
Fifth battalion, and ordered court martial OF all
he captains. BY the testimony 1t appeared that
his battalion was on duty In the Place Nend0me
e TO e e
here arose tumut among the officers. They de-
nanded that the battalion should be served with
rations and cartridges before marching, 'because
tney did not want repetition or Chatllon." TAX
ng cue from this tumult apparently the Captain
Garante, commanding the battalion, called the OIL
GERS 10 the centre and said that 'any who did not
wish 10 march might go away" Many acted Oh the
HIM. and those who renamed said they would
not march till they received ammunition and IA.
lions. Finally. upon tue assurance that there were
plenty OF rations and ammunition at Neuilly, and
there what was lett OF started to obey the order.
Bat all along the line OF march fellows who had not
acted on the PERMISSION given to 90 nome from the
Place Vendome repented themselves and
DRoPPED our OF THE COLUMN,
believing perhaps, That IL would be better TO home
late than never, The reasons given for this late
dropping out Of the line attach themselves to q
change IN the command. 1t appears that GarantIe
was now no longer commander, but that Witt the
real commander OF the battalion seeing 1t on the
march, and feeling himself full OF rum and martial
dor had placed himself at Its head and as the had
be led TO the slaughter like little lambs they quietly
left one by one, not stopping TO say goodby. IL
seems moreover, that the Objection the men nad to
Witt was that he was never sober. Witt called his
doctor prove that the stagger In his gait was due
TO atrophy OF the muscles OF one leg and an asso-
ciated nervous disease, which might have made him
an excellent IMAM IN buckram," but did not help
his case, for the doctor testified that the disease IT.
self was due to an immodcrate use OF liquor. But
atrophed sound, Wits martial ardOr was so
striKngly In contrast with that Of the men OF the
battalion tina; President OF the court was forced
to the conclusion more philosophical than patriotic
that 1.-THE
DRUNKEN MEN WERE READER TO MARCH THAN THE
soBER.n
Marching with witt, those VINO did not leave
finally came To the Porte Bneau ana there they
halted aud declared they would go no further Witt
seized the standard and marched forward with 1t,
endeav0rlng thus to keep the men going: but there
upon the inen LAID hands on WItt-and very rough
hands apparently and presently the vaorous com.
mander, with his atrophied leg ana ms hpsy pate
found himself prisoner IN the Seventh arrondisse.
ment, where the remainder OF his battalion spent
the night. In the OF the inquiry some OF the
tvhn hoo mo- npGf IN an