New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-05

hastily erecting, but lodged them Ill u gov W 'ho
Place du Palais Royal. Here TWO pdrrioauo" "oro
constructing, one across the MUG d. ho"oio ""onoi
across tho Rue de RivoD. For the iattcr tho
material was chiefly furnished by great NUMBER OF ar
,ilo which were hurriedly pitched out OF the windows
90 ,,o Mt and OF mattresses from the Guards
,aots at the uileries The Rue st. Honore barrcade
os formed Of paving stones cabs and carriages. and
was compelled necns roenS to assist In the construction
Of IT, It is pleasant II you forced to do a thing,
10 attempt doing 1t In satisfactory manner and, OBJ
serving that embrasure had been neglected in the
construction Of the barrcade, devoted my energies to
remedying this defect not sorry, however, to DO
released from my task after quarter Of an hours
work, tho mere so as tho shell fire was increasing
in warmth and proximity. Noticed that from the great
barTicade at the top OF st. Honore the Communist had
got gun at least into action and using IL to IRE
somewhere in the direction Of the Arch Of Triumph 1t
impossible TO fulfill my original intention, which was
to the river the Ministry Of War; therefore
turned in the direction OF the New Opera House. Cross
ing the Boulevard noticed that the Yersailsts must
have gained the Madeleine between which and their po-
sion at the P6pnere Barracks obstacle In the shape
OF barricade interviewed. They had constructed
across the end of the Boulevard dc In Made
eine barricade of trees and casks for artii-
lery. The Communists, their SIDE had a temporary
barrcade chiefly Of provision wagons, across the boe
ward at the head Of the Rue de Ia Paix BY 81 the Yer
sasts had advanced considerably down the Boulevard
Haussmann, which they swept with heavy musketry
fire. Two lads were shot down close to mo at the end OF
tho Rue de Lafayette There no return fire oil any
account Many Communists passed me In retreat, DC
claring usual, that they had been betrayed AS
stood there was scramble for barri-
cade in the Boulevard Haussmann about 900 yafns
nearer Pepinere than the Rue do Lafayette. 1t
was carried by the Versast marines. could see them
iumping up on the barrcades. Everywhere, as learn
the Versasts were led by gendarmcs ana sailors OF
marines The National Guards fell back lodging Dehlhu
lalnpposts and in dOOrways, and firing wildly as they
retreated This drew still heavier IRE from the YER
sailes barricadc. bullet struck the front OF gas
pillar behind which stood, aud fell hatteneu IN the
road and woman stepped out from the gable OF the
Rue de Lafayette picked up the bullet and walled
cooly back cappng her hands with gee.
What curious ceremony is going at the corner OF te
Rues Lafayette and La1ttel There Is wagon, o
mounted snaf nearly az black night and an officer.
Acrowd is all round and in the center 10 blazing hre
OF papers they burning the edgers OF the BANK or
the titledecds of the NO. 'he
papers of the battalion which thus burning that they
MIGHT NOT bear witness against the members suppose
sign surely OF the beginning OF the end Other signs
were not wanting English passports were sought after
Int when men talked of getting out IL was found that i'll
the morning. the Prussans had let out train after train
but stopped each St. Denis, aud allowed nobody TO so
on A woman Is said to have been fired on this
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The Communists retreated ever throwing up barrcades
eyerywhere so that Giro iatiOn became almost mpos-
sible They seemed to be heading toward Montmartre,
which had opened fire on the Irocad6o from which the
chief share of the Versailles artillery fire seemed To
come The Versalsts seemed 10 understand this policy,
and made some haste counteract it. BY II they had
gained the Place de Europe the western terminus
on the way Montmartre thus competnga definite and
well line from the western terminus riyerward by
the Madeleine and the Place de la COncorde or the other
side OF the river say nothing Some say the Yer
salliss are as far as the Pont de la COncordo and
the Ecole Miltaire, but there is no certainty
II IL now 4 o'clock p. m. AT about O'Clock
the Versalists had fairly established them
selves in the line I have described and were
making the Boulevard Haussnann terribly hot quarters
down to the very end At the hour they began to
shell from their battery at the Madeleine the Communist
barrcade on the Boulevard dcs Capncnes at the top OF
the Rue de la Paix This was crushing fire. and the
barrcade shattered. As conclude, the Com
munsts demOralized yet are working hard every
where erecting barcades, and the geneate Ia sounding
No generals to be found