The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-05-23

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Paris he, not NJ. Theirs, will be master Of the
situation. The facts of the hour point to the
restoration of the empire and to the possible
recall of Napoleon. With the fall of the Com
mune the situation will be new, but 1t will be
more interesting than ever.
End Of the Paris Insurrcction-France Re.
dccmed.
President Theirs made a speech yesterday
in the National Assembly in which he congrat-
ulated the members on the success of the forces
of the republic in occupying Paris and bringing
to close the reign of the Commune. By the
telegraph we have the information that eighty
thousand soldiers of the Versailles army had
forced an entrance into the city and occupied
positions inside the walls. Marshal MacMahon
has established his headquarters in the New
Opera House, and General Cissey, who effected
an entrance from the south, has occupied the
military school in front Of the Champs de Mars
as his headquarters. We have few details from
which we can form a correct estimate of the
resistance which has been offered by the
Communists, but there is every reason to
believe that there was hot work and consid-
cradle sacrifice of life
General Dombrowski, who commanded the
forces of the Commune, does not show to ad-
vantage in this the final struggle for the de-
fence Of Paris. OHe despatch has it that he
was captured by the Versaillist troops, rescued
in Inv
accounts he was surrounded while attempting
to get away, and escape was now almost
impossible. M. Assy one of the most promi-
nent of the civil leaders of the rebellion.
has been taken prisoner by General Uh-
rich, andis now confined at Versailles together
with four hundred others, who were firm ad-
herents of the rule which for the last few weeks
rendered Paris almost uninhabitable. In fact,
nearly all the leaders of the Commune have
fallen into the hands of the victors, and, If we
credit the words of NJ. Theirs, the severest
punishment which the law can award to these
misguided men will be dealt ont to them
promptly ard with terrible eject
Though the greater portion of the city is at
present occupied by the forces of Versailles
the rebels still fight with terrible earnestuess.
Explosions and CONGREGATIONS are numerous
the insurgent batteries Of Montmartre still per-
form their deadly and destructive work, and
the barbados in many parts of the city are
yet defended. Notwithstanding all this resist
ancc, however, the struggle is vain one.
General Ladmirault says that the firing may
continue some hours, but that the end is near at
hand when Paris will be restored to that degree
of peace for months she has been deprived of.
The entrance into the city was effected through
the gates of ST. Cloud, dAuteuil, Passy, La
Muette, and from Maillot through the Arc de
Triomphe. 1t would thus appear that the
forces which Marshal MacMahon had massed
in the Bots de Boulogne followed up the init
alive movement on the south and south
west, which proved so unexpectedly sue
cessful on Sunday. This also explains the
movement Of General Cissey, whose part of
the plan evidently was to effect an entrance
at point opposite Fort Montrouge, and, once
inside tho walls, push direct through the bar
ricaded streets to the northwest and effect
meeting with the troops which were to enter
the city at the points before indicated. This
he successfully carried out, from the fact
of his headquarters being now located
at the Military School, which is in
front of the Champ de Mars, on
the east sids of the Seine. The greater
portion, If not all, of the west side of the city
il at the present time in possession of The
government forces.
Montmartre, as might have been expected
Is still defiant. 1t is natural that the very
cradle of the rebellion should hold out to the
last. Even in the very heyday of the
Commune there were evidences in this
locality of an uprising against the
authority which it in great mea-
sure had helped to establish. 1t was
Montmartre and Belleville, it will be
remembered, which kindlel the torch which
set the instruction ablaze in Paris There is
no news from Belleville, and the probabilities
ore that when Montmartre yields to the strong
arguments of an overwhelming force the
struggle will be ended. Still great
injury can be inflicted on the city
by the insurgent batteries, which have been
turned on it, and short as the conflict must
inevitably be under the existing order Of
things, the beauty of Paris may be much de-
faced In the last hours Of the Commune.
From the positions occupied by the Prus-
slams they have been able to render assistance
to the Versailles army. The German lines at
all points were strengthened, and fleeing
rebels found but poor reception
In their attempts TO escape over the
ground occupied by them. Those who
consoled themselves with the belief
that there was still a loophole open by which
they could escape the vengeance which their