, 1874-08-29
ESCAPE OF

Aug. IL.
PARIs.-There is great excitement in this
CITY in consequence of the receipt of intelligence
that Marshal Bazaine escaped from the island
of Sainte Marguerite sometime during Sunday
night.
Government will act promptly and energeti-
calIy in Furnishing all who conni7ed at his
flight.
The following interesting information has
been received regarding the fight of Marshal
Bazaine -
"The quarters occupied by Marshal Bazaine
gaze upon a terrace built upon a large elevated
rock overhanging the sea. On this terrace was
placed a sentinel with orders to watch all the
movements of the prisoner.
"On Sunday night the Marshal was walking
on the terrace with Colonel Villette, his aid-de-
camp. At ten O'Clock he returned as customa-
ry, and apparently to go to bed, but before
morning be had already succeeded in escap-
ing.
"He must have crossed the terrace in the
middle of the night, and, eluding the sentinel,
have approached the verge of the preoipice,
and, thence, by means of a knotted rope, have
descended to the sea. He evidently slipped
during his descent, and cut bis hands, for the
rope is stained with blood in several places.
Beneath the rugged rock, in a hired boat, were
the wife and cousin OF Bazaine, who received
him on his reaching the water and his wife
herself taking an oar, rOwed the boat to a
steamer which from the previous evening had
kept in sight of the island. Safely arrived at
the steamer they were received on board, and
she put to sea. 1t is believed that they have
landed at Genoa, for the vessel steered in that
dire ton.
"On receipt Of The news at Grasse, the near
est point on the coast, the magistrates immedi-
ately despatched several employees in all direc-
lions in pursuit of the f~ugitives.
There was great excitement at Marseilles
on the news being known that Colonel ViIIette,
who was walking with the Marshal on the night
of his fight, was discovered there and sent to
prison.
"The commander Of the fort Ste. Marguerite
has been arrested, and General Leival has left
for the island with the object of investigating
the affair.
"It is said that the Marshal landed at San
Reno and took the road from Turin to Basic.
At this last point he took the train for Brussels,
where be arrived at seven o'clock on Wednes-
day morning.
cit is believed here that the rope found on
the cliff of the island of Ste. Marguerite was
placed there with the object of misleading
the authorities with regard to the means by
which the Marshal's flight was effected, which
must have been carried out by some other me.
thod with the connivance of those who guarded
him. LIE Soir says that Bazaine had given his
word not to leave the island, and that in conse.
Quence precaution had been lessened. The
sentinel retired from the terrace every morning
at five o'clock, it being considered unnecessary
to keep him there after day break. Two sol.
di6rs belonging to the garrison of the fort said
that they saw the Marshal on the terrace at half
past five o'clock on Monday morning.
Eighty persons formerly connected with the
Commune have been arrested at Marseilles,
among them NJ. Esquiros, the ex-Prefect of
the Department.
Aug. IL.
1t has been ascertained that the plan for
Marshal Bazaine'5 escape from the island of
Sainte Marguerite was arranged six weeks ago.
1t was entirely the work of Nine. Bazuine.
The Marshal refused at first to fly, but finally,
owing to his failure to obtain some modification
of his sentence, yielded.
He sailed from the island in the steam yacht
Baron Ricasoli, belonging to an italian COM
pany. The prisoner refused to employ a French
vessel.
He was accompanied in his fight by his wife
and brother.