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The Insurgents had not been dislodged, and as the troops have undergone much fatigue since Monday a regular attack on Belleville will not be made till to-morrow morning. General Clinchant will bring his forces against it in the rear, and General Vinoy's soldiers will advance upon it from the Boulevards.
Colonel Piquemalle, Chief of the Staff of General Vergé, was killed to-day. The following circular despatch was yesterday forwarded to the Prefects of the several Departments. "The tricolour flag waves over the Buttes-Montmartre and the Northern Railway station. These decisive points were carried by the troops of Generals Ladmirault and Clinchant, who captured between 2,000 and 3,000 prisoners.
The cannonading from the Versailles batteries at Montmartre against Belleville and Chaumont continues. MAY 26th. The attack on Belleville was made this morning soon after daybreak. General Clinchant approached it from the ramparts, and General Bruat's Division marched on it in front from the direction of the Rue de Paris. The troops had to attack seven barricades successively.
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