Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-04-20
FOREIGN NEWS.

PARIS, Wednesday afternoon, April 10
The Commune has suppressed the newspapers
Opinion Rationale Clochc, Soir and Bien Pub
lic
The recent elections are declared valid by
the Commune
There was panic at an outpost Of the
National guard Yesterday. The men were raj.
lied with difficulty
ST. PETERSBURG, April l9.-The Prince I'm
perial of Germany is expected here soon.
PARIS, April lS-1n the affair at Asnieres
yesterday the 22Sth battalion Of the National
guards rctreated inside the Porte, crying, al
is lost The people charged the Nationals
with cowardice and Il hot fight ensued between
the civil and military adhcrcnts of the Com,
mune.
Lcvallers presents Il horrible spectacle. The
Nationals are carousing and the wounded are
lying in the streets groaning 1t is curious that
the Government did not follow up the attack.
They must have succeeded at Neuilly.
A body Of gensdarmes has been entrenched
eight days and in spite of the whitening fire
still hold out.
The news of the reverse at Asnieres yester-
day caused great excitement in Paris. An En-
glishman in restaurant near. the lnvalides was
grossly insultcd for not bearing arms.
A shell fell yesterday in the faubourg St.
Honore
The Communists are digging trenches in
front Of Fort Eanvres and the Government
troops are doing the same on the opposite
side
Last night shells were falling in the Rue DIES
Fernes
A bloody combat has been raging at Ncuilly
since clock in the morning.
The commandment of thc2Glst battalion OF Ma
tionals was killed The commandment Of the
artillery was denounced and arrested as 4 trail
tor
The Nationals are HOW rrtrcatlng in large
numbers They set fire to 4 large number OF
houses in Neuiy and the inhabitants hidden
in the cellars being unable to entricate them
selves, were burned to death. a correspon-
dent says that while lodging under the fire ct
bullets in the boulevard, lnkerman, at Neuily
he heard some one sobbing in the cellar under
meath He looked in and saw woman and
two children. afraid to stir, having been there
since yesterday
The inhabitants of Neuilly petitioncd for III
armistice to remove the women and children.
Cluscret refused the favor. a number OF
houses in Versailles struck by shells are on fire;
VERSAILLES, April lS.-Forty thousand
Government troops are in the works at st.
Cloud, and 10000 are quartorcd at bonguval;
The Communists arc trcing ON Pubeaux and
doing great damage. The road to St. Denis ls
crowded with people leaving Paris, the advan-
tages for doing 50 being greater than were ex-
pectcd
A shell fell on Dombrowskis house yesterday.
He and staff officer were in bed, but neither
we're injured | learn the reason Of the Nersail-
les Government for bombarding the Camps
Elysees is to trghtcn the foreign ambassadors
into taking refuge in Versailles.
PARIS, April l3-Evening. cannonade
has been mingled with the fire Of the mitrail.
leuses and musketry all day at Caurbevere,
Porte Maillot, Puteaux, Asnieros and Leyal-
lois. The ironclad railroad vans are operating
actively Barricades and trenches are i'll course
of construction inside of Paris
The Rcveil newspaper denies that the YER
sailles forces are masters Of the bridge crossing
the Seine from Asuieres to Clichy. The con,
centration Of troops for the army Of the Assem-
bly, continues.