Year: 1871

The Occupation Of Paris AVID the Herald
Dispatches.


The energy and enterprise of the HERALD
almost unnecessary to call attention to them.
Nevertheless We must be pardoned for refer
ring to the special dispatches from Paris and
versailles, published yesterday and this morn
Ing, giving full and graphic report of
the occupation Of the French capital by the
Germans. To the correspondents of the
HERALD were the American public indebted for
report of the great event, our despatch being
the only one on the subject, excepting a brief
telegram of a dozen lines, which came across
the cable on Wednesday night. This was
real feat in journalism. Within a
few hours after the Germans entered
Paris the wires were flashing the intelligence
to New York. Our correspondents were sta
toned in various parts Of the city, some within
the German zone of occupation. Other cor
respondents were with the German forces
which made the triumphal entry. One of our
writers accompanied the Prince Imperial of
Germany to Longchamps, and witnessed the
grand review of the troops by the Emperor.
The representatives of the HERALD were at all
important points, and hence the completeness
and graphcness of our report and the rapidity
with whioh 1t was sent across the Atlantic.


An event so important as the occupation of
Paris by the German army deserves the fullest
Illustration We therefore republish the ad-
mirable map which appeared yesterday, show
ing the lines of march and the part of the city
to which the victorious army is limited. The
map is valuable aid to the reports. 1t illus
trates what they describe. and enables the
reader to perceive at glance the positions
and movements of the Germans We may
indeed say, without egotism, that from our
map and reports can be drawn graphic pic
ture OF the entry, and doubtless our pictorial
contemporaries will avail themselves of our
enterprise to furnish their readers with excel
lent and life-like engravings of the great event
without waiting until sketches arrive from
their Especial artists on the spot" Our pen
painters and engravers have given them the
designs.


This morning our special dispatches con-
time the reports of Wednesdays event. From
versailles we have an interesting account of
the grand review at Longchamps. All the
German Princes of note were present. The
Emperor himself reviewed the troops, who
presented magnificent appearance and who
received their old chief with the most enthusi-
astic cheers. Deep emotion was observed
upon the countenance of the Emperor as he
took up his position and eazed upon his vet
Grams. And indeed he might well have felt
moved. The day, the scene, the event. the
place, must have alike contributed to
recall to memory those sad days for
Germany when the father of the present
monarch was fugitive and his country
PROSTATE at the feet of the ancestors of the
same French now so utterly Inundated before
the once despised Germans Happily for the
cause of humanity, no disturbances have
occurred in the French capital. Our Paris
correspondent reports everything quiet,
though fears were entertained by the authori-
ties. We trust they will not be realized but
if they are, the readers of the HERALD may be
assured Of receiving intelligence of their
realization as quickly as they received the
news of the occupation of Paris.