Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-05-16
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FOREIGN NEWS BIZ TIE CABLE
Rombardment of Paris in Progress
versaiIIfsls Under the Walls Of the City
sueech Of Merton Explaining the Treaty
Miscellaneous and Washington News.
MISCELLANY.
yERsAILLISTs EXPELLED FROM BO1t
DE BOLOGEK.
The Father or fhe Commune Rssires Bis
susted.

The Father or fhe Commune Rssires Bis
susted.
VERSAILLES, May 13.-ThIrty theusand
Versaitlists are entrenched in the Bois Bo-
The head column Of the insurgents made
asortie from Fort Dauphin and wss al
lowed 70 advance when 28 shells were al
burst among them.e The column was
blown to atoms. ii'- iae
Montretout is pounding away ut Van.
vres, which must soon surrender. =
Troops are entrenched withia a thous-
and n1itres of Vanyres.
Vanvres has been silent for twenty-fouI
The yfaduct at .Aixtenel is smashed By
shots from Meudon.
The.troops are in excellent condition and
anxious for the fight. A.
The cavalry is ready to clear the Boule-
wards upon their entry:
Thirty ten inch howitzers are ready for
street hOstilitles. ei-,.
PARIS, Sunday.-Dombrowski ordered
the officers refusing to obey their superior
officers to be shot. y
Dombrowski reviewed five thousand
troops at Neuilly, this morning. se
1t is said seven nuns, the number OF the
young women with an ambulance bearing
red cross, were refused quarters. as
The committee on the war was abolished
in consequence of differences with the
central committee.
Montretout.is firing heavily on Paris.
Gen. Rossel is reported in Belgium.
Six Government gun boats have arrived
at Sevres. -isf --sI. q - zgr
The troops in Bots de Boulogne are adj
vancing. Their entry into Paris is lmmi-
neut.-rs f- -5-----.7 am. ~
LONDoN; May a5.-The Typses, special
SAYS the Prefat Assembly declares the fall
of the Commune imminent.
The National Guards decline to march
and talk of opening the gates to the Yer
saillists. -. 70 ! I
Dombroyski,s. orders were not obeyed.
The women of Paris interviewed the
Commune and demanded arms te fight the
Versaillists. -
The T6tegrapl's special says, the Yer
sailIists are driven back to Long Champs
from the advanced position they had taken
in the Bois du Bologne.
The GauJois reported that two Versaillist
battalions decimated Friday night.
PARIS, May 15.-Bisburry, who has
been called the father of the Commune,
retires because the residence of Theirs Was
despoiled. .9.--g 4-gr .f-r--
Last night passed off quietly. g7.-
Gen. La Cecilia now commands the
petit Vanvres. = rIGA@.
Corp commanders will command the
ACCOMPLISHMENTS and be responsible for
their defence.
Torpedoes have been ordered b all ex-
posed points. k
VERSAILLES, May 15.-Sixty cannon
were found in Vanvres.
Fort Montretout continues to demolish
the Paris wall and protects the approach
of the besiegers.
VERSAILLES, May 15.-Luxembourg is
closed and occupied by the military, in
anticipation of an uprising on the part of
the population.
The bombardment of Paris continues
Several breaches have been made in the
walls, and the Anteville gate is entirely
destroyed. T0S mrs cFSFf -
PARIS, May 15.-The versaillists are
under the walls OF the city, exchanging
shots with the insurgents, who line the
ramparts from Porte de Ia Neuilly, in the
ACCOMPLISHMENT of Passy, to Porte D'Issy.
The insurgents have been expelled from
the trenches between forts Vanvres and
Issy. % ga ~
There is evidence indubitable that a
Widespread conspiracy exists in Paris
against the Commune. -.-.-. ,---.