Paris sortie fails against Prussian lines at Mont Valérien
Versailles dispatch reports a 100,000 strong French attack on Malmaison Montretout and St. Cloud aimed at reaching Versailles. The assault failed with heavy Prussian casualties and French withdrawal to Paris. Trochu’s leadership and Mont Valérien operations are detailed amid bombardment news.
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Paris
Malmaison
Montretout
St. Cloud
Fort Valérien
Trochu
le Flé
Garches
Bazanval
Jonchere
Arch of Triumph
Boulogne
Courbevoie
Cele Trochu
Louvre
Mont Valérien
Corps D'armée
Vinoy
Béllemarre
Ducrot
Bellemarre
Courbevo
114Th National Guards
Redoutt
Montretont
Bazenval
Buzenval
Sixeneral
Celle St. Cloud
Vincy
la Bergerie
Chateau de Lauzenval
Parlémentaire
Count von Moltke
St. Denis
Fort Issy
Bougival
Vaucresson
Panthéon
Drancy
Groslay
Daily News
Seine
Daily Telegraph
Opinion Nationale
M. Barroll
Belleville
la Charonne
Anthéon
Luxembourg
Quartier Latin
Jardin Des Plantes
Rue d’Alésia
Montrouge
Avenue d'Orléans
Luxembourg Garden
Observatory
Démenager
Madeleine
Placa Vendome
Boulevard Sebastopol
Paris Sundered by Siege and Trochu Squabbles
Reports from Paris depict anger at General Trochu for limited sorties and delaying action toward Versailles. Council of National Defence tensions flare as Trochu resists a power shift, while bombardment drives refugees and suffering in the city, with Paris awaiting a fate near the fall.
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Trochu
Versailles
Brussels
Council of National Defence
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Frebault
Clément Homas
M. Jules Favre
London
France
le Siecle
Paria
Garde
Times
Ducrot
Vincy
le Flo
Telegraph
Bazanval
Staff of Life
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