New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-23
PARIS NEARLY WON!
rup GREATER PORTION OF THE CITY oCCo'
PIED BY THE vERsAILLIsTs'


PIED BY THE vERsAILLlSrs'
u,,s RAGING IN THE cIrT-FIGHIlNa o oa
corSn ON AT THE BARRICADEs-ihh -
,,,o np1v1SG BACK THE FLYING iN'o"
sHS rxrurrsIAsM IN THE AssEMBLf-
VOTES OF THANKS TO PKESiDhN'
AM 1oxpoS Monday, May %, 1871,
y.-.,ines Amy has occupied the greater
p.~i. and the headquarters OF Marshal
psw.,or arc established in the new opera-H
~ no.dcuartors of Gen. Cissey' whose forces
Inv A. oitp from the south are in tho EcOle
eli'o'VN -.h,Os fronts on the Champs de Mars.
rrsat explosion this afternoon near
A.. Esplansde des lnyaiideS'
,,.,.tch dated, Outside Paris Monday evening
NJ. % sars: 1.-The isolation of the city continues
xy,os are rsSng inside. dense smoke overhangs
uon+mart-e Frequent explosions are heard. The
.ouud of cannon and musketry fringis continuous
=, IL said that the Prussisns are occupying Nmcennes
As Prpssan outposs have received strict orders 70
drive hack all insurgents attempting to pass their
Inca a wounded Communist General, seeking TO
mans. Their advanced corps has been doubled The
headouarters of the Prince Of Saxony will shortly
no removed from Hargency to Compiegne' Inc
cu.rls will return TO Germany by the end of the
PRESENT week"
In the French Assembly to-day President 1mers
ns5s a congratulatOry speech on the surprising sue
cess of the Government arms. He said he had moi
expected to effect entrance into Paris tGr three
or1oore days and gave an account in detail of the
movements on Sunday which terminated so victori
ously He announced that the Government wa
determined to visit with rigorous punishment the
most criminal OF the insurgents.
Bills were introduced to restore the Chapel
Ezpiation and the Column of the Place Vendome
the latter to DO surmounted by statue of France
Avote of thanks to President Theirs and the arm,
was adopted by reclamation.
The bombardment of the portions of the fortifica
lions Of Paris still held by the insurgents continues
A dispatch from Versailles this morning says Pari
has been completely isolated by the Prussians, an
that no news has been received from there since mid
night.
The Times has a dispatch from Versailles to-day
stating that half the army is within the walls o
Paris and hold the gates of St. Cloud Passy Auteuh
Trocadero and Muette, as well the Arch of Tn
umph. Heavy firing was going on in the Champ
Elys6es. Sixteen thousand Versailles troops ha0
entered Vanguard and Montrouge.
Another dispatch from Versailles states that 5000
Versailles troops have entered Paris. sharp can
nonade was in progress doubtless against the BARR
-cades near the Arch of Triumph. Gen. Uhrich tool
500 prisoners last night, OF whom 400, including
hssy. have arrived at Versailles.
Gen. Dombrowski who was reported to have beer
taken prisoner by the Versailles troops is said Il
have been recaptured by his own men, and to have
aimee made an attempt to escape from Paris. 1t Ii
now stated that he and his command are surrounde(
near Saint Ouen, and will probably be captured
The Duke of Brogbe, the French EmhasssdOr tt
England has gone to Versailles his son having beer
wounded in one of the recent engagements. M
Rochefort had, it appears engaged apartments a
Brussels where he was expected on Saturday last
He had a narrow escape from lynehing at Versailles