Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-05-22
Asserted Communist Victories
Theirs Army Ready TO haks
the As auIt.
Taxation of BaCheIOrs-AbOIItiOn Of
Confessional.
Heavy Fiahting-A Terror Stricken
Multitude.
VsrsaiIIists SuCCss9ss---Dsspsrate
Struggles of the Communists.

LONDON, May q, a.m.-DispatChes
| from Versailles say three formidable
! preaching batteries mounted ON the
slope of Mont Valerien have opened
| fire on the ramparts of the Anteuil
Quarter. The Government troops
are all ready to storm the city. A vio-
lent cannonade was kept up Saturday
night. Dispatches from Paris report
all attacks of the Versailles troops
on Friday and Saturday repulsed.
NJ. Pyat proposed in the Commune
laws for the taxation Of bach
elOrs and abolition Ofthe confessional.
There was heavy fighting yesterday
on the west and southwest, but ac-
COrdiuE to the Communist reports it
was without important results. The
officers of the MOntmartre battery
claim that they have dismOUnted the
guns Of the Versailists at GuenViIIiers.
The inhabitants of MalakOff and the
villages near Vanguard and Mont
rouge are flying from their dwellings.
The Central Committee orders all
Parisians to rteurn to their dOmicils
within forty eight hours on pain Of
forfeiture Of the rentes standing in
their names.
PARIS, Sunday, May 21.-The Fed
eTalists nave abandoned their posi-
tiOns at MalOkOff, Petit. VanOres and
grand MOntrOuge. The Government
troops have surrounded Fort Mon
trOuge, which only maintains cOmmU-
nication with Paris by subterranean
passage. The Federal forces are re-
entering the city in great disorder.
Shells are falling in MOntroUge. The
inhabitants are terrOr-stricken, and
many have been killed.
VERSAILLES, May 21-Evening.-
The Versailles forces entered Paris at
4 o'clock this afternoon. The entrance
was effected simultaneously at two
points. The gates are closed near
Point du Jour, and the Gate Mon
trOuge on BOulevarde Bruse. The in
surgents have abandoned the ram
parts.
PARIS, May q, p.m.-The Versail-
lists have not attempted an assault on
the south. A terrible bombardment
sweeps the ramparts. The Federal
lists are making desperate efforts to
repair and protect the gates. Gen.
Cecilia has returned to Paris. The
only Generals now outside the walls
are Dembrowski in the BOis De-
BOlOgne near Port Della
MUetta and WrobleWski, making a
a stand at Gentilly. The Versaillists
have attacked and captured Port Lat
Ter. Anteuil and POisy are subjected
to a violent bOmbardment. The An
teuil gate has been abandoned by the
F'edeTalists, whose Outposts have fallen
back inside the city.
DETAILS OF THE CAPTURE.
VERSAILLES, Sunday night, May
PA circular from Theirs, officially
confirming the entrance of the troops
into Paris says; Gates, having been
battered down, General DOUay rushed
in. Generals L'AdmirOult and Clinch-
imp are preparing to follow.
Later.-General DOuay's men hold
their position outside of the
st. Cloud gate, where they have cut
telegraph wires connecting with
the Circular Railway, meeting with
but feeble resistance.
FLIGHT OF COMMUNIST LEADERS.
General Crusy reports that the NAL
akOff and Fort MOntTOUge have been
abandoned by the insurgents, and will
soon be occupied by his command;
but the batteries on the ramparts op-
pOsite are still firing. There is a panic
in Paris, and it is said that Pyatt,
GTOussett and other rebel leaders have
disappeared,