Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-04-05
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Daily Kennebec Journal.
EUROPEAN NEWS, &c.
The Insurgents defeated by the Ma.
tiOnal Troops.
Fort Valerien Opens Fire.
GREAT BATTLE FOUGHT NEAR MES
DON.
Brussels.


Brussels, April 4. telegram has been
received at the French Embassy in this city
from Nj. Theirs, stating that the insurgents
have been defeated since yesterday by the
| government troops.
Paris, April L. About o'clock yesterday
afternoon. after great preparations, the ma
tional insurgents commenced passing out at
| Verify gate, in all $4,000 men, Generals
Bergeret, Flourens, Mnratt and Garibaldi
commanding. 1t was understood that Fort
| Valerien would not fire, but about o'clock
the artillery all in front and Gen. Bergeret in
advance with 10000 men, Fort Valerien
opened fire killing commandant Henry. Gen.
Bergeret had just got out of his carriage
when the vehicle was smashed up by a bomb
| she'll The widest excitement ensued; the
| troops tried to retreat; the main body left
| Bergeret alone with 10000 men; he tried to
! fight with Fort Valerien but it was useless.
| The Communists got into the city but Bcr-
geret and his men were cut off and cannot
pass Valerien. The main body escaped with
loss of one hundred, but Bergeret must
| loose a large number.
| Altogether there are Il, 900 men killed and
wounded, including Bergeret's force.
| TheCommunist troops under arms num-
Der 100000. Tremendous excitement pre-
walls in Paris.
| great fire was reported at Gaslock this
morning near the Champ de Mare. Several
battalions of the National Guards with 20
guns went out in the morning to Levees and
| Meadon, and had an artillery fight with the
Versailles troops. The firing commenced to
the left of Mendon. The guns of the govern
ment forces were the most numerous, but
| those of the National Guards were best
served. At 10 80 a. M, reinforcements were
sent out to the nationals who advanced their
batteries. The nationals stood fire well and
rumors favorable to them were current in this
city.
Versailles.
| Versailles, April 4. Yesterday two corps
of the insurgents advanced towards Versailles
one via. Mendon and Chatllion, and the
other via. Renil. Both were routed with
heavy loss and Florence was killed. The
troops whose expected detection constituted
the hopes of the insurgents behaved noby.
| The insurgents in fort Valerien and Issy fired
on the troops to-day. GENTS are advanc-
ing.
| The army of Versailles surrounds Paris
and order elsewhere in France is estab-
| lished.
NJ Theirs has issued the following procls l.
nation to the projects of Departments
son Monday the iusurgent masses attacked
our forces simultaneously at Naute REESE
Rueil. Bongives, Begois, Chatore and Crosy.
Fort Nalerian at daybreak began to cannon
ade the insurgents who at first were sheltered
by the villages of Neute REESE Rueil and
| Bougiyes. They subsequently attacked the
| government forces by whom they were re-
pulsed Gen. Vinoy with cavalry was by
this time in position, threatening to out
| flank the insurgents and they fed in COM
plete route, leaving many of their dead and
wounded in the hands of the government
| troops. Theirs says the government will ex-
ercise clemency towards all who have been
blindly misled, but will punish with severely
the ring leaders. The instruction is impo-
| tent.
! Special to n. Y. World.
| All day a great battle has ragged between
the government forces under Gen. Vinoy and
l00, 900 Communists under Gen. Bergeret
The latte were defeated with terrible slaugh-
ter near Mesedon. Bergeret and Flowehs
with 33 600 men are cut off and surrounded,
and must either surrender to- night or be Gu,
to pieces in the morning. Many of the Com.
munists refused TO fight and threw down their
arms and begged for mercy.
London.
London, April f. In the House of Com
mons last night the government announced
that measure extending the ballot to Scot
| land, will soon be introduced
U. S. steamer Worcester from Boston, with
provisions for the suffering French. arriv cd
at Plymouth, and will proceed at once TO a
French port.
| Berlin.
Berlin, April 4. Gen. Won Gueben, COM
mander of the German forces in north Off
rance has arrived here from Amensand. and
has had private interview with the En-
peror.
FROM HARTFORD