Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-06-01
THE PARIS REVOLUTION
Hand TO Hand Fighting in the
Streets on Tuesday.

The following are additional particu-
lars of the captare of Paris on Tuesday ::
In the Place Vendome members of the
national guards were croucbing by the
side of the walls perfect hail of shells
were falling in the Rue St. Honere and
in the Rue Rivoli !; the front of the
houses were being torn down by the
shells from the Place de la Concorde ;
barricades were being thrown up at all
points and battalions were marching up.
headed by vivandieres, with rifles slung
over their shoulders. The Hotel de Vile
was surrounded by nationals, and work
men were dymolishing the statue of Hen
ry Qnartre. All was confusion. Pyat
passed hurriedly and entered the Hotel
de Vile. Cluserets prison room was
empty and the breakfast untouched.
Outside the insurgents were hastily con-
structng new barbados. The national
guards returning from the front had lad
enough Fl fzhting. that was evident, and
by noon the Versailles troops were in
possession Of the Tuile1ias, Rue Rivoli,
the ruins of tie Corps Legi-latif, and the
Ecole M,Iit,irr.
Tuesday morning he Vtrs4ilists entered
the Cli2aucourt gate of Montmartre by
means If he TIRE hchery of some of the in
surgents A fearful f4ht took plnce and
great p,ric broke cut in the midst of the
ha N.ro.. i,
the other Coates rapidly, and advanced on
both sidrs # tho Seine Gu the Boule-
ward n battalion of Nationals were
marci log. the Marsellaise, with women
in their midst. The btrricades were then
going UP. At half past twelve o'clock
the Same Nationals were retreatiug to the
Faubourg Puitsoniere in distress. At
half pasttwo o'clock firing was heard on
the Rne Lafay ette, and cry was raised
that the Montmartre was taken. The
principal part of the slaughter in the
street fighting occurred opposite Duvsl's
LIBERATED butcher shop on the Boule-
ward Victoria. Hardly ten shots were
fred. 1t was bayonet fight altogether,
and the superior number alone gave the
victory to the Versailists. The Versail-
lists have advanced their left to Belleville
and their center to the palace of the Lou
vre and Halle Centraile, and their right
to the Observatory. The fumes and smoke
of petroleum pervade the city. 1t is
thought that the federalists will attempt
to escape toward Belleville and Pantin.
Crowds Of men destitute of uniforms and
in rags have been taken prisoners. The
terminus of the Strasburg railway was
carried Over 10000 Communists have
thrown down their arms, changed their
dress an gone home. Billionet, the Com
munst minister of war, was killed, and
Gen Dombrouski was wounded, and i'm
prisoned. Already there have arrived in
Versailles some five thousand prisoners.
THE STREETS HOTLY CONTESTED ON
WEDNESDAY.
The struggle between the Versaillists
and insurgents, on Wednesday, continued
fercely at various points, more especially
in the neighborhood of the Hotel de Vile,
where the insurgents rallied and still con-
tinue the sanguinary conflict behind the
barbados. The fighting was of a most
desperate character. The streets and
squares were literally lined with the dead
which the communists leave behind them
as they sullenly retire before the fire of
the Versailles troops, fighting inch for
inch In some places the fighting was
contest. hnrd to- hand with the bayonet.
tt Versaillists in this manner stormed
and captured several barricades, dispers-
ing the insurgents with fearful slaughter.
The barricades in Plsoe Vendome and
Place de Ia Concorde have not yet been
carried, and the barricades at Belleville
still hold out against the government
troops, The insurgents, however, are
discouraged by the success of the Versail-
lists. The losses of the latter were heavy.
Strong hopes are entertained that the fin
ishing blow will be given to the Commun-
lists in this struggle. The dead remain
unburied, and the wounded lie untended
in the streets. .s..a ...-
RIGUT TaIK-In a speech in Stein vay