Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-04-20
PARIS
SkIFmIshlHg between the Communist sBd
Government Forces.
AsHIeres Occupied by The Government
TFO0ps-Prggfamms for the People.
Excitement at B0lsgne-Ths BED Flag Un.
furlsd-ExCitemest st Bordeaux
Suppressed.

LONDON, April l9.-Details of the
/ fighting Monday at Asuieres show that
| the Versailles forces compelled the
/ Communists to evacUate the town,
but did not themselves occupy it,.
The Communists in the afternoon re-
| occupied the place, when they were
again attacked, in the afternoon, by
/ the Versailles troops. During the
/ night there was an .inCess8nt fusil8de,
and the Government forces main
| tanned their position with difficulty.
A dispatch from Paris Tuesday
evening says the Versailles army has
not resumed the offensive. The bel
ligerents, though confronting each
other, are actually separated by the
island of Grand JOtte. The COmmUn-
ist losses yesterday were very heavy.
Immense quantities of ammunition
have been discovered In cellars in the
Avenue du LeCurOda.
a special to the Standard says there
are rumOrs Of changes in the French
ministry.
The Versailles troops have car
ried the woods at COlOmbes. A
large number Of the insurgents were
killed, wounded and made prisoners
in the encounter. Asnieres is now
threatened on both sides by the gov
eminent forces.
A dispatch from Paris Tuesday eve
ming reports 8 violent CannOnade at
MaillOt gate and Neuilly.
LONDON, April ia dispatch
from Versailles to-day says the Gov
ernment troops occupied Asuieres yes
teTday, driving the enemy across the
Seine and capturing some prisoners.
Loss of the Versailles troops was
small,
A battery has been placed in posi-
ton which prevents the insurgents
from using the bri0ge which crosses
the river from Clichy to Asnieres.
The insurgent troops were quiet and
their batteries silent during last
night.
The programme which meets with
general approval among the people
provides for the maintenance of the
Republic, and granting communal
rights TO Paris and other cities; also
the autonomy of the National Guards,
dissolution Of the Assembly, and
the election Of q National Communal
Representative Assembly, instead of
the formation of an Gd interim Gov
eminent for Paris and Versailles, and
the declaration Of an amnesty for all
Ohenses against the Government; also
for the signing OF an 8rmistiCe.
The insurgents admit their repulse
at Neuilly, but claim victories at Issy
and ClamOnte.
General OkOlOWitZ succeeds General
DOmbrowsky's brother, who was dis
abled at Asnieres.
BRUSSELS, April 1.-THE NOrd to-
day announces that Picard has re-
signed his position as Minister Qd IN
tsrim in the French Cabinet
1t is said that the Peace Conference
will soon conclude its labOrs. All Ne
g0tiatiOns have been made by writing,
but it is known that no concessions
have been made to France.
LONDON, April ia dispatch from
Asnieres, received at Versailles this
morning, says the weather is rainy
and operations is next to impossible,
but adds that the insurreCtiOn is fall
ing to pieces.
A dispatch from BOlOgne, Of the
18th, saws that this afternoon a Com
munist leader unfurled the red flag
and addressed a crowd In support Of
the Commune. Considerable excite
ment was created in the street for a
time, but eventually the police seized
the flag and quieted the disturbances.
There were some disturbances at
Bordeaux, but were promptly re-
pressed