The New York Herald Newspaper, April 5, 1871, Page 5

rite i Bloody Battles Around Paris on Monday and Yesterday, Official Reports of Victory from the Ver- Sailles Authorities. . Terrible Slaughter of In- surgents. Counter Claims of Success by the Communists, Fierce and Prolonged West of Paris. “SEVERE ARTILLERY DUELS. Struggle - Gustave Flourens and General Duval Killed. The Redcubt of Chatillon Captured by the Government Forces, GENERAL HENRY A PRISONER. @housands of Communists Iilled and Wouaded. A Disorderly Flight Into Paris—ihe City Surrounded. THE GOVERNMENT REPORTS TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YO24 HERALO, Preclamation of M. Thiers—Announcement of Victory—Details of the Copflict—Clemency Promised. 1 Versattes, April 4, 1871. M. Thiers bas issued a proclamation ad- Greased to the prefecis of departments, which I forward for the use of the Hekanp, It is worded as follows:— ANNOUNCEMENT OF ViOTORY. On Monday the insurgent masses attacked our forces simultancously at Nanterre, Rucil, Bougival, Besons, Chaton and Croissy. Fort Mont Valerien, at daybreak, began to can- nonade the insurgents, who were at first sheltered by the villages of Nanterre, Rueil and Bougival. They subsequently attacked .the government forces, by whom they were repulsed. FLIGHT INTO PsRI8. General Vinoy with the cavalry was by thie time in a position threatening to onlflank the insurgents, and they fled in a complete rout, leaving many of their dead and wounded in the hands of tue goverament troops, OLEMENCY, M. Thiers says:—‘‘The government will exercise clemency towards all who have been blindly misled, but will punish with severity the ringleaders. The insurrection is impotent.” the Lnsergents—The ‘Troops Leaders to Advaare of Faithiulmihe Attack—Revel be Harsbly Dealt With. Lonpor, April 4, 1871. I am enabled to report the following in- telligence, which has been officially promul- gated by the Fronch government, of military operations around Paris: — ADVANOR OF TIL INSURGENTA, Yesterday two corps of the insurgents ad- vanced toward Versailles, one via Meudon and Chatillon, and the other by the way of Reuil. Both were routed with heavy loss, and Flourens was killed. THE TROOPS FAITHFUL. The troops, whose expected defecation con- stituted the hopes of the insurgents, be- haved nobly. The insurgents in. forts Van- vres and Issy fired on the troops to-day. : AN ATTACK. The government troops have just attacked the insurgents, and‘speedy and complete suc- cess is anticipated, REBEL LEADERS TO BE HARSHLY DRALT WITH. In the Assembly to-day M. Thiers, in some remarks upon the state*of affairs, said the government would deal harshly with the ring- leaders of the insurrection, but leniently with thelr dupes. The sentiment was received with applause, ; The rentes are advancing. THE FIGHTING YESTERDAY. TELEGRAM 10 | 4& WEW YORK HERALD, Cirealar trom M. Pleard=Tke Redoubt at Chatillon Captured—Duval'Skot~The Troops Exasperated—Parle Surronnded—Marscillcs Quiet. Vursa.res, April 4, 1871, The following news is: forwarded for the New York Herat :— CIRCULAR FROM M, PICARD. A circular issued to-day from M. Picard to the Prefects of depertments. announces the vietory of the Assemblyists in the conflicts before Paris, ae > THE REDOUBT AT OBATILLON CAPTURED. The redoubt at Chatillon, held by the ingur- gents, was captured this morning by the forces of the government, with two thousand prisga- ers, including General Henry, DUVAL eHOT, Goneral Dayal, the commander-in-obief of NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1871—QUADRUPLE SHEET. TMERWGERAVOLT! BATTLE “FI ELDS OF THE ROUGE REBELLION. Tho Soone of Slaughter Around Paris—Locations of the Battle Fields of Monday and Tuesday---Line Held by the Government Forces—-Situations of Nanterre, Besons, Chatillon, Meudon and Other Points. : , Oo <q NAN TERRES A \@ CHAVILLE om The Fighting on the West. departients, announcing the defeat of the fasur- gents on Monday, makes ciear the military move- ments from Paris. Communists attacked the government forces simal- taneously at Nan » Ruel, Besons, Bougival, Chatou and Croissy, All these places are situated west of Parts, and are further from the city than previous despatches had Indileated as the location of the battle field. On the may given @bov these towns are designated; one of them: nterre— isa place 0: some siz Tt lies about one and a half mile northwest of Fort Mont Vaterien, on the road | from Neuilly to St. Germain. ‘The other place— | Besons—is situated on the right bank of the Seine, opposite Pont de Besons, which 1s given m the map, also on the road from Newly, as 18 three and a half milgs uorth of Fort Munt Valérten, | from Besons and Nanterre meet west-northwest of Nenilly, about three-quarters of a mile from that | town, whence it continues into Paria. Bearing tm mind that the course of the Seine formas another pecinsula, with its point nearly op- the insurgent National Guards, is reported to have been shot in the struggle at the redoubt of Chatillon, NO FIGHTING ELSEWHERE, No fighting bas occurred to-day on any other part of the line, BXASPERATED, The troops are becoming more than ever exasperated at the resistance shown by the in- surgenis, PARI8 SURROUNDED. Itis announced unofficially that the Army of Versailles surrounds Paris, and that order elsewhere in France is established, MARSEILLES PACIFIED, A despatch from Marseilles says order has been restored, and that the troops have entered the town. | DETAILS OF MONDAY’S BATTLE TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORX HERALD. Commencement of the Great Battle—Its Me- fault thae Far—Desperate Situation of the Insurgenta—Absprd = Romors—Demoraliza- tion-ginsurgent Cowardice~General Henry Killed. piizad Loxpon, April 4, 1871, I forward the following intelligence for pub- lication inthe Herap:— if . THE GREAT STRUGGLE COMMENCED, The London Zimes special says a great battle was commenced at six in the morn- ing by the Natiouals under tho command ‘The prociamation of M, Thiers to the prefects of | M. Thiers reporte that the | two of | The roads | | | | hon’s forces must, therefore, | of the Nationals on Sunday night, @montMorRENcY AZ ES ERE S ViLLy © ©) TiN MAINVILEE @ postte Fort Mont Valtrien, it will be easy to locate the other towns not given in the nap, Rueil lea a short @istanee south of Nanterre and direcily west of Fort Mont Valérien’ Chatoa and Croissy are situaied on the right napk of the Seine, the fomerr four and the latter five miles below Besons, Croissy being necessarily soath of Chatou. Bongival 18 locatad on the point of the peninsula referred to, on the left bank of the river, about eight miles north of Versailies, It will thus be seen that the line of the goverament forces followed the course of the Seine | pretty closely, Although turee of the places men- tloned—#esons, Chaiou and Cro!ssy—are situated on the right bank of the river, 1t 13 certain that no fighting took place on that side, Marshal MacMa- ave he'd positions on the Jett bank, covering the bridges named as those towns, Accord'ng to onr despatches the insurgents must have arched from Neutly, flanking Fort Mont Va- jérien on the north, pushing northward toward Be- sons and southward toward the other places named, | getting on the rear of Vaicrien by way Rueil. It would thas appear as if their object was to make a flank ad- vance upon Versailles, and to endeavor to get between the city and the government forces stretehed out from Besons to Bougival The movement was as of Berg reinforcements from Paris, INSURGENT ENTITUSIASM, There was much animation in the bivouace the men rot, who, at ten o'clock, asked for singing the Marseillaise and the chant Depart a Versailtes, RESULT OF THE BATTLE. The Times’ correspondent believes that the battle, which was on a large'seale, has proved disastrous to the Communists, The pected cannonade of Valerien threw the Na- tionals iuto confusion, and it i# asserted that the following is now the situation :— A DESPERATE SITUATION, Bergeret, with 15,000 men, was completely ent off; then Flourens was purposely permit- ted to effect a junction with him, and Flourens and Berzeret, with 35,000 men, must surren- der or fight at the greatest disadvantage, AN ABSURD RUMOR. The London Times’ correspendent sxys there is an improbable version of the affair to the effect that Flourens has reached Versailles, COMMUNISTS DEMORALIZED, The Communists are demoralized, and, it is believed, have been betrayed. darmerie treat all prisoners unmercifully, OCOWARDIOR OF THE INSURGENTS, | Thé London Daily News despatches con- firm the rout of the insurgents, who proved great blustering cowards, who expected that Valérien would fraternize with them, ° mnex- insane as anything ever attempted in warfare, for the reason that the guns of Fort Mont Valéricn must | have aweep everything from Besons and Bougtival at long range to RueiLand Nanterre at easy distance. ‘The villages could not have afforded sheiter to the insurgents for. any length of time, as they are ail commanded by the gaus of the fort. 5 While the insurgent leaders exliibited something worse than stupidity In advancing along the line tn- dicated, it 18 evident that their forces must have displayed no little courage in pene: | tratmg as far south, as Bongival, exposed to | the meretiess fire of the fort, Itis not improbable that the column which attacked Bougival moved aonth of Valérien, between the fort and St. Cloud, | although St. Cioud was and still is held by the gov- ernmnent forces, and such a line of advance would necessarily have exposed the insurgents to a fearful fire on both their flanks, ‘The Fichting Sout of Paris. _ Thre fighting near Paris was not confined to the west side of the city. A large force of insurgents | seem to have been massed southwest of Pars, cov- ered by the guns of Fort d'Issy and directly on the | road to Versailles. The Cri du Peuple Communist | newspaper) announces that the insurgents matn- | tained the positions at Le Bas Meudon, Bougival and PRISONERS SHOT, instantly. GENERAL HENRY KILLED. The Teegraph’s correspondent reports that he saw General Henry killed by a shell from Mont Valerien, and that Bergeret’s carriage and borses were destroyed in the same man- ner, The men were thrown’ into panic- stricken rout. COMMUNIST ACCOUNTS. spettoc ecensaipnioatis TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERAL®. A Claim of Victory—Positions Conquered and Maintained—Appeal to the People—Minis- terial Appelatments—Elections Postponed. Lonpon, April 4, 1871. A despatch from Paris dated to-day (April 4) has just been reoeived, and I forward its contents for the information of the Henan, A OLAIM OF VICTORY, The Communists claim that in the battles of The gene | yésterday they won a victory, POSITIONS CONQUERED AND MAINTAINED, The Ori du Peuple announces that the Natianals have maintained the positions which they conquerad yesterday at Le Bas Meudon, Bougival and before Fort d’Issy, APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE, The Communal delegation from the First arrondissement of Paris have appealed to the people to unite and repel the common danger. MINISTERIAL APPOINTMENTS, General Cluseret hag been appointed to the The Pontifical Zouaves shot all prisoners | | betore Port d’Issy which they conquered on Monday. ‘This announcement implies that there was severe fighting eouth west of Paris which is not referred (0 at ail in tne proclamations of M. Thiers, ‘There must also have been fightlug directly south of Paris yesterday (Tuesday), as a Versailles de- spateh reporis that the redoubt at Chatillon, held by the Communists, was captured tn the morning, together with al large number of insurgents, In- cluding General Henry. Ali the points mentioned above will be seen on the map. Le Bas Meudon is virtually a part of the town of that name, from which it is separated, on the west, by a distance of less than nati a mile, Chatil- lon is given on the map, It lied south of Paris, op- posite Fort Montrouge. . LENUTH OF THE BATTLEFIELD, Beginning at Besons and continuing to Bougival, the battlefield west of Parts must have covered @ line’of not less than six miles in length, On the southwest and Sonth, beginning ata point south of | Sevres and continuing to Chatillon, the line must have | been of about the same length. This would leave the space between the points of the two peninsitias unoccupted—or; rather, not the acene of conficta, Tf the line of battle was continuous from Bevons to Chatillon it would form the section of an oval circie over sixteen miles long. — —. — - = charge of the Ministry of War and MM. Ban- chet and Gerome to the officeg of delegates to the Ministry of Justice. ELECTIONS POSTPONED, The supplementary Communal elections have been postponed, THE MARCH ON VERSAILLES. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. de from Valerien—What was Advance on Versullles—An Artillery Fire—The Colamn Cat Off—Fierce Artillery Duel—A_ Repulse—Junction of with Bergeret—Full Detnlinof the Floure: Sera Loxpon, April 4, 1871, The following despatches, giving interesting details of the situation fn and about Paris, are forwarded for publication in the New York HeRrarp :— SEVERE CANNONADE FROM VALERIEN, Panis, April 3—12:15 P. M.—A cannonade is proceeding from Fort Mont Valerien at the rate of two shots per minute, There fs also a sharp musketry fire towards Meudon, It is reported that the Nationals bave suffered se- verely from the fire of Valerien, but nothing precise is obtainable, WHAT WAS BELIEVED. It is said the committee believed Valerien would not fire on the Nationals, who occupy Forts Vanvres, Issy and Montrouge in force, TRAINS STOPPED—RUMORS, The Versailles train was stopped to-day at Pe eee eiiten, 1-2-0. | @lemart and forced to return. Contradictory | rumors are flying and the gates are shal, THE ADVANCE ON VERSAILLES, Panis, April 3—6 P. M.—One hundred thoue sand Nationals, in three corps, with 200 guns, marched out of Paris this morning via Mont< rouge, Issy and Rueil, all destined to Vers sailles, “ARTILLERY «FIRE FROM THE GOVERNMENT FORCES. Fort Mont Valerien fired all day upon Raeil, and flying batteries at Mendon cannonaded thd Nationals deboucbing from Issy on the Vers sailles road, Valerien cannonaded the reat guard of the Nationals entering the volley bee tween Puteaux and Buzenval. THE COLUMN UE OFF. , Some detachments are retreating in a disor derly condition, apecting the force that passed Valerien, but One report says they are surrounded, wiile another There is nothing certain re- various conflicting versions are given. declares they effected a junction and turoed, Meudon, where @ majority of the Versailies army is concentrated. “ ie FIERCE ARTILLERY DUEL. During the operations on the right there wag a flerce engagement between the artillery of Meudon and the Parisian artillery. THE COMMUNE LEADERS—A PRISONER, Several members of the Commnne, wearing! red sashes, led the battalions, It is said & superior Versailles officer has been taken prly soner, A REPULSE, ; The Moniteur says the Zounves repulsed, the Nationals in an attack on Castle Mendon} and that the National loss was heavy. JUNCTION OF FLOURENS AND BERGERRT, , Colonel Bourgoin telegraphs to the Coma mune at a quarter-past eleven A. M. that Bers geret and Flourens have formed a Junction; and march on Versailles, and that success wag, certain, Another despatch says:—At twal o'clock in the afternoon Duval and Floureng! tormed a jupction at Courbevoie, THE FIRE OF VALERIEN PASSED, They were cannonaded by Valérien, but the! men were well sheltered. A concerted andj successful mevement was made, by which aed passed the line of fire of Valcrien and marched! on Ver@nuilles. killed. Bergeret had two horses; COMMUNICATION CUT, Communication with the outside world is’ cut off, and only peasants bringing provisions; are admitted to Paris, BENRY KILLED. Itis said that General Henry, commanded of the Montrouge Nationals, is dead, PATRIOTIO COMMUNISTS, Floquet and Lockroy have resigned thetd seats in the Assembly, and remain to shar@ the sufferings of Paris, ABSY'8 ARREST REPORTED, It is reported that M. Assy has been are rested by order of the Commune, It is alsd stated that the Communo will adopt the fame ilies of the fallen Nationals. ; GENERAL REPORTS. + TELEGRAM TO THE WEW YORK HERALD. The Pesce Negotintions—No Part of tuo Wer Indemnity Paid. Lonpon, April 4, 1871. Tam enabled to report the following for the information of the Nrew York Heraip :— THR PEACE NEGOTIATIONS, A despatch from Brussels, dated to-day, says that the German and French plenipotea- tiaries held another meeting to-day, NO PART OF THE INDEMNITY ParD. A Berlin telegram siates (hat it is positively denied that the French have, as yet, paid anything of the indemnity accorded to Ger- many by the preliminary peace convention, and as explicitly stated that, on the contrary, France in addition still millions of francs for the provisiouing of Ger« owes forty-eight wan troops. FRANCE AND AMERICA. A United States Relief Ship Near the French Shore. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, LONDON, April 4, 1871.° 1 have received telegrams froma Plymouth which inform me, for the service of the HRanp, that the United States steamer Worcester, from Bos ton, With a cargo of provisions for the relief of thg sutterfog people of France, hus arrived at that port, and will proceed at once fo a French harbor to de« ver her much needed frelgit. ENGLAND, Parliamentary Progress—Pcstal Re’ rm—Peaca Negotiations at Brusselse—The Coim- mons Adjourned for Easter. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, April 4, 1372. Continuing my report of the proceedings of Pare Hament, by cable, for the MsiaLp, I have to state” that after the transmissioa of my despatches from the House of Cowmons tast nigit, and at an early hour this morning, various bills of merely local tn- terest were considered during tie remainder of the sitting to a few moments before the adjourmment, ; The HERALD despatehes from the House of Com- mons to-day annuunce that during the session this evening Mr. Seely, member for Lincoln, gave novice that on the 2d of May he should move “for a reduce tion of the transauuatic postage to one pemny.’? Viscount Enileld, Under Seoretary of State for Poreign Affairs, in reply to @ question, said “ihe government Was informed as tothe progress of ne- qottations ip the peace conferende ‘at Brussels, but deciined to give any information OM the subject ub present.” After a brie( debate thon matters of locat interest, | the House dajourned for the enjoyment of tue | holidays ata thy 17D inst