The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-04-06

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s1iniia isaossiR Paris, April 3.,ee
~ Fighting has been going, on since
yestsfday evening ct various points
Ii she PIacS d Il dCo6Oosde. This.
moening oaunonadiag WA Distinctly
ssdibls south from Nsuilly, The
furtsssS Of MINT valeriani opened on
tho. columns Of the Nationals, which;
were marching ON, Ooerbree, and
kept ap . 9opt,nnepsg are for several
hoars d prevent them IRON estab-
lishing thstiselvss'ias position. The
rNasiUhk1s we7e finally aconpelled, TO
f64esat alter coneiderablc loss.
IL A London Tunes dispatch says
sAghting Il Caravades was sharp, but
the reports wsreiss osuAi6GiDa asto
which side fred the firss shot, The
National Gurds were at frst driven
into Oaravades whore they mSintsiu.
I'd themselves sometime protested BY
their horses, but they were at last
shelled out By Vslefien and went
back to the bridge at Nnlly, where
they kept up = hot fdsilAds shot
From this position they were, again
forced 10 rStite, and llnally Withdrew
into tAe 6itt and shat me gates.
The Versailles troopA did not AZ
tempt to follow. An estimate,
probably exaggerAAsd, psts the
fossss &C tie Nationals Ct 900. The
government troops shot The prisoners
q rebels. The popular indignation
agaiust the, Versailles eovernmept is
terrific. The National Guards
thrsatsn 70 attack Versailles : ~ Sc
) The havoc Indicted on the dis.
ordered centre Of the Govsrnment
troops, after the columns were bro.
kenny the charge Of the commun-
ists, fsArfdily demoralised and ron.
dsred them defenceless by fear and
the suddenness of the. attack. They
were moved down Id lines By tho
fatal artillery Ere, which wal pol6sed
ut their very midst. That Of the
Government troops 10, however,
much in excess of the communists
loss. The fighting continued for
several hours after the triumph 81
the communists force was established,
bat WAS contracted 10 4, desultory
manner. Towards nightfallit ceased
entirely. General Bergret with
Viotorias right wing, biyonacked
for the night q some distance beyond
Fort valsr,an. The leaders and
troops were much, Anshod, with the
brilliant victory they have achieved,
and are determined to push the Gov
ernment to surrsndsr. ,It;is rumor-
cd that Fiourens, with the left wing,
10 making preparations for an ad-
vance on. Versailles under cover of
night, for the purpose of attacking
the head Of the Government position,
before they had time to rally from
it's late defeAt, or recruit strength
with reinforeemSnts., The attack is
stated TO DO made via. Choufville
village, one mile eastward of Yer.
sailles. aat 81 $3.50 ~. 49, y
A Bordeaux letter says that Gam
betta was recently challenged by
General Clussret, and declined to
fight with what he termed an nm
lprincipled advcnturer. t,i,a D. a.,isa,
b A London letter says that Louis
Napoleon, wake lsebDy and. il in very
poor health, and thak Ne and Epgenie
are extremely popular in England.
81 Though tho insurgShtss now, seem
to have lost lees than 100 killed and
wounded before Fort Valerian, they
arel declared demoralised by, late
dispatches. Gen. Cluseret 10 said to
be their minister of war and Riccotti
Garibaldi their director. The great
mass Of Thorn are the scum Of, the
populacc. .hifavy ea4 4,,, M
a 2di 9aigs,pi Paris, April 4.
About 4o'olock yesterday AFTER
noon preparations were made and
the Dstional Insurgents commenced
passiDg ont at the Nuilly gste, in all
there wcro abour 3 600 men. Gene.
Floursns, Minatsi and Garribaldi,
commanding. 1t was understood
that Fort Valerien would not fire
About 6 o'clock tho artillery was
oil in front and Gen. Bergrit was in
tho advance with 10000 men, when
suddenly Fort Valerien opened Gre
killing Commandant Aenrie. Gen.
Bsrgrit had just got ont Of his car
rage when the vehicle was smashed
BY : bonbshell. The widest scene
sssaed, the troops tried, TO retreat,
the maln body left Bergrit alone with
10000 men. He tried TO fight with
the field artillery against Fort Val
erien, but It was useless, The Com.
manists, got into the city, but Bsrgrit
and his men were cut OF and could
mot pass Fort VaIerien. i. The main
body escaped with . loss, Of about
1000 mon, but Bsrgrit must, loose q
large onambsr.s Altogether there
weFe II, 900 mon killed, wounded and
missing, including Bergrit's force,
The Communists troops now undor
arms number a1SO, 600 ] men.t Ire
msndous excitement prevails. 4ta
y" Versailles, April 4.
Yesterday two corps Of insurgents
advanced on Versailles, one via Men
don and Chatilles, and the other via
Rerel both, wore routed. a.4f pr
42d Congrsss-First Session, !
81 SUMMARY Of Proceedines. j
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