The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1871-05-26
EUROPE.
THE WAR IN FRANCE.


VERSAILLES, May 23.-GeneraI Cissey's
forces have carried the barricade in the ChaUs-
see des Maine, in the southern part of Paris.
The operations of the government troops are
progressing satisfactorily everywhere, and the
complete suppression of the insurrection is ex-
pected to day or to-mor wv. The losses of
the Yersaillists in tO-day's eng lgement are
! small.
ST. DENIS, Tuesday night, May 23.-The
| fighting In Paris has c. : d. Marshal Nc
Mahon and President Thi II cater to-mor-
row. The Losses of the Commune have been
fearful. The troops gave no quarter and
n ny OF the leaders Of the Commune were cap
| tured and Immediately shot.
The special correspondent of the Tribune at
Paris, under date of Monday, telegraphs that
yesterday forenoon the insurgents were driven
from Chateau de la Muette. They subsequent
ly rallied and held the enceiente with consid-
cradle tenacity but we're finally driven back
with heavy loss by the heavy fire Of the Yer
sailles batteries.
At nine o'clock, DombroWski, under cover
of couple Of guns, charged the Cemetery des
Patvres. He was met by firm and wither-
ind fIs, and the insurgent lines became broken
and disorganized. However, they again at
tempted to storm Cemetery and hand to hand
fighting followed, but report that DombroWs-
~
panic stricken. a pause of a few hours sue
ceeded, when suddenly, the batteries on the
hill opened on the enciente railway, and show
ers of shell and hail of musketTy polred on it.
The insurgents essayed a feeble reply. Sud
denly, heavy firing from the north was heard.
A mad panic ensued. Arms and packs were
thrown away, and all boIted, the officers lead
ing. They surged, and struggled, and bias
phemed up the quay, In great confusion, the
shot and shell chasing them. In the extremity
of the panic they fought and blazed away IN
discriminatory, and struck each other with
their dubbed rifles. As the tide Of fugihves
swept along up with them, relieving battal-
ions came, imparting a fresh panic. The
fire of the Versaillists reaching the Trocadero.
The avenue between the Arc de Triomphe and
Rond Point were packed densely with fugi-
tives. The Communists showed themselves
behind a big barricade In the Place de Ia Con-
oorde, but did not fire. The Yersaillist battery
below the Arch swept the Champs Elysees.
The Versaillists pressed on the avenue Fried
land to the open space at the top of the Boule-
yard Houssmann, thence they could sweep the
Boulevard Malesherbes to the AIadelaine, and
open the way to the Rue Royale.
ST. DENNIS. May 24-After a brief luIl the |
fighting in Paris Recommended yesterday, |
continuing all night.
The troops under Generals Donai and Vinoy |
surrounded the Iuilleries, Louvre and Place /
Yendome. Desperate fighting followed, the |
Federalists disputing every inch Of ground. |
At daylight those positions still remained in |
the hands OF the Federalists. The Tuileries |
were seriously damaged by shells. A COM
bined assault of all tie troops is now going on.
ST DENIS, Evening, May 24-This has been
a terrible day for Ipssvis. The city is burning
In many places and the destrucct ton OF grea-
ter part OF the Central and Eastern DllstElcts
hasbeen inevitable.
The Communists still hold all the district
between Place Vendome, Tuileries and Belle
vile.
Troops are moved down by the fire from
windows, barricades and mitraileuse, but
steadily gain ground The slaughter is awful,