The Lincoln County herald., 1871-04-27

Of the beleaRured place but unJike What
vas reserved for Paris 10 the present
ipssAoos. he was obliged 70 Withdraw
without sifeoting bic object. Winter end
disease dsciuating his troops. he event 4
uslly returned the way BY which he came,
There 10 an old story, that before leaving,
the Germans sssembled On Montmatre,
aud ssug . Te Deum with 20 vast an
energy OF lungs that I'll Paris reechoed
the sound. Why they should have
offered up their thanks 10 this boistrous
manner when foilcd 10 their efforts is .
riddle unsolved to this day. .r. s.e.,
The strength Of the place having thus
been proven by experience, king Philip
Augustus, at the beginning Of the thir
tssnth century, extended it's forti6cstious,
sdding several hundred towers to the
walls. King Charles w., in the latter
part Of the fourteenth century, surrouned
the new suburbs with a new enceintr
built citadel called the Bastile, aud
constructed tort on the isle Of St. Louis.
Notwithstanding N these new defenses, the
English took Paris after the battle Of
Agincourt, 1920 Tho Maid Of Orleans,
attempting to rccapture Paris in 1929, was
repulsed by the English, who, however.
seven years later, we're obliged to march
out, owing to the gallautry Of Duuois, le
Batard Royal.
King Henry w. was tho next to asssil
the devoted capital. AZ he was Pro.
testant, it would not recognise bis au
.hority. Having defeated the Catholic
League at Ivry, March II. 1890, be
approached Paris in forced marches, and
occupying, Corbeil, Lagny, and Creil, cut
Of provisions, then chiefly received by
the river. He next planted his guns on
Montmstre, aud from this dominant po
sition left the Parisians--his naughty
children. as he jokingly called them-to
choose between bread aud bombs. Not less
obstinate then than they arc now, $4,000
of the inhabitauts died of hunger before
the town opened negotiations with the
King. just in the nick Of time, how
ever, the Spaniards, who assisted the Cath
oiic League, sent Gen. Farne>e with II
large army from Belgium to the rescue
Henry was compelled to raise the Siege
and only entered Paris four years Later
when lie had embraced Catholicism, aud
then he was welcomed with the creates
enthusiasm. I.,. ..
France now rapidly increasing in
power, Paris remained more than 200
years unvis,ted by an invading army. In
the reign of Louis XIV. the mere idea Of
The foreigner ven.uring into the heart Of
France had come to appear 80 prepos
ferrous a. to lead to the razing Of the Old
fur,i6cations. Louis XIV in 1926 sgaiu
encircled the city with wall, which,
however, was not intended to serve o
military purpose As an open town,
Paris underwent the storms Of the Revo
luton. Whom. 10 1914, the Allied
Armies arrived in front Of it to avenge
the deeds Of Napoleon l., few rsdoubis,
hastily thrown up, we're all the ,mpedi-
ments 10 their way. Twenty Eve thou
sand regulars under Marmont and Nor
tier, and $4,000 National Guards, with
$50 guns held place for, . day agains,
10000 Prussiaus and Russians. When
Montmatre had been taken by storm, and
the Cossacks aud Uhlans we're swarmiue
10 La Chapells and La Villette, the proud
capital surrendered. Lu March 81
Frederick William III. Of Prussia, the
father Of William l. of the present day
aud Alexander |. Of Russia, made their
entry into the city. ....-.. .-.5-5 .
The following year Witnessed the repe
titiou Of tho feat. % the I'd Of July
1915. the Prussians, under Blucher, took
Montrouge and Issy by storm, while
Wellington forced his way into the
northern and eastern suburbs. On the
7th Of July, the English and Prussiau
Guards once more ,rod tie Doule'ards