The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-03-20
FRANCE.
The TrIumphnI March Through the Champs

The Triumphal March Through the Champs
Biysees,
The special correspondent of the London
Times, after mentioning the difficulties he had
to overcome In order to get into the Champs
Elysees, writes:-
At last, at the bottom of the Avenue Fried
land, / succeeded in passing the charmed line,
and saw, looming through the fog, the Arc dc
PEtoile; but even before we could distinguish
Its outline the distant cheers of the German army
reached us, long, continued, unbroken roar,
rising and falling like the waves of the ocean,
and as intermittent 1t was impossible to doubt
what those cheers meant Thirty thousand Ger
mans were marching in triumph beneath the
arch on which are chronicled German de-
feats, and making it ring with their
shouts of victory. a line of German dragons
of the top of the avenue again barred our pro-
gress, these multiplied precautions being evil
IDENTIFY necessary to limit as much as possible
the crowd which was attempting to gather. AT
this moment the top of the avenue of the Champs
Elysees and the open space near the arch were
filled with troops waiting to pass through 1t, and
small but silent crowd was collected on its out
skirts. Suddenly we were startled by shot,
WHICH apparently proceeded from the Germans.
1t caused some little emotion among the by
ISLANDERS. 1t was evidently fired in the air, aud
might possibly, have been an accident, but the
episode was not reassurlng. By de-
grees we reached the arch itself and
were witnesses of a spectacle which
or neutral, can ever forget. The broken ground
beneath the arch had been levelled, and good
roadway made through it, and along this passed
infantry, cavalry, and artillery, the faces of the
men radiant with an exultation which it is im-
possible TO describe For this supreme honor
they had endured and bled; but now the dam
gers and hardships of the war had come to an
end Their faces were turned at last to the
Fatherland, and their first step homewards
was thus made the sign and pledge of their
success. AS the head of each battalion
came under the arch the mounted officers
leading it reined up for moment, cast one look
a. the LIST Of Victories iueprihqd OVarhaad an
glance back to their men, and then waving
their helmets high above their heads, gave the
signal for ringing cheer. In a second every
helmet was in the air; the horses, startled by the
sudden roar, pranced and reared: their riders,
carried away by the excitement, with heightened
color and flashing eyes, still waved their he'll
NETS, while the men'etrained their throats with
their shouts of triumph.
The keview of the German Troops the
Bols de BouIORne.
The German troops having quilted Paris, the
columns marched by different roads into the
heart of the Bois de Boulogne, where the in
fantry halted, piled arms, took off their KNAPP
sacks, and laid down. many of them to sleep.
Some of the bands were playing. At length
came the review, which is graphically described
by a military correspondent of the London
Tines:-
The troops were drawn up at first in two lines,
each line being formed Of battalions in close
colum. When the Emperor appeared on the
ground and approached the troops hearty
cheers broke forth, but when he came close to
them and they received the order to present
arms there was silence among the men, and
only confused sound of music, many bands
at once played the anthem which we call ''God
save the Queen" From line the battalions
broke into column and marched past in quick
time. First came the infantry of the Guard,
for infantry always march past first in Prussian
parades. The men were thickly bearded, and
seemed warriors every one of them; as was said
by some one, not so much like soldiers as like
well-made men in uniform. To all appearance
the war has left their discipline untouched, and
their dress was newer and in better trim than
that of some regiments which marched past two
days before.
AS each regimental color passed, just flung out
from its staff by the light breeze, the man who
followed his fathers example has steadily made
and improved the German army, always pa
tiently waiting for this moment, long delayed,
but come at last, raised his hand and saluted the
imperial ensigns carried by those who have won
him his purple.
Upon the whole the review was sinple-only
rapid inspection and the march past in quick
time. Each battalion, after saluting the EN-
peror, who stood facing the Grand Stand, with his
back to Paris, marched down towards the wind
mill ard then towards its quarters on the other
side of the Seine, without cheering or any de-
monstration. The Emperor returned to Ver-
sailles with his son, the dream of his life being
now accomplished.