NEWS OF THE WEEK.
ABLOODY but indecisive war has been raging round Paris all through this week. On Saturday it was reported that M. Thiers was about to offer Paris full municipal liberty and the disso- lution of the Assembly as the price of surrender and disarmament, and on Sunday an attempt was made by some National Guards to induce the Line to fraternize at Paeans and Courbevoie. This failed, the Line charging the Nationals, and on Monday the Commune decided to attack Versailles. Nearly 100,000 Nationals obeyed their summons, and were divided into three corps d'armee of 30,000 men each. The left, under " Generals" Henri and Duval, marched by the southern road, via Chatillon ; the centre, under Gustave Flourens, by the south-westerly road, via Meudon ; and the right, under Bergeret, on the westerly road, under the guns of Valerien, via Sevres. All the men appear to have been armed with Chassepots, and to have maintained fair discipline ; but the leaders complain greatly of the officers, who proved " deficient in skill, quickness, and firmness," and were probably hopelessly embarrassed by their task.
