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By Monday evening about 100,000 men and 400 cannon were massed under General Ducrot in the Bois de Vincennes and in the adjacent villages. About 15,000 men, under General Vinoy, were behind the southern line of redoubts close by the village of Villejuif. Troops were also placed near St. Denis and in the peninsula of Genevilliers to distract the attention of the enemy.
Indeed, it was hard for peaceful citizens to know under whom they were to range themselves. The Government had left the city. One or two of its members were still in Paris, but the rest had rushed off to Versailles, protected by an army forty thousand strong, under General Vinoy. A species of Government had, however, formed itself by the morning of March 19 at the Hôtel-de-Ville.
Their respective boats having been got in readiness, with civic and private flags flying, the little flotilla proceeded at a rapid rate down the river, the tide being in their favour. Mr Ferris had invited Lieutenant Vinoy, who had won the good opinion of his captors by his quiet behaviour and amiable manners, to accompany the party.
General Douai has taken the Church of the Trinity, and is marching upon the Mairie in the Rue Drouot. "Generals Cissey and Vinoy are advancing towards the Hôtel-de-Ville and the Tuileries. MAY 24th. "The Generals, desiring to treat the city with lenity, withheld any attack upon public monuments in which the insurgents had taken up positions. This morning they carried the Place de la Concorde.
The captain and Owen agreed that at all events it would be unnecessary to keep Lieutenant Vinoy shut up in his cabin.
Old General Vinoy crossed the Marne at Charenton with some of his forces, and a rather sharp skirmish ensued in front of the village of Mesly.
The military operations are being actively and energetically carried on by the three Corps which are now in Paris. It is hoped that they will be in possession of the whole of the capital by this evening. It is asserted that General Vinoy has been appointed Governor of Paris.
The most notable of these was that made by General Vinoy against the heights of Clamart, the result being a disastrous repulse by the besiegers.
Lieutenant Vinoy had been eagerly gazing at the stranger a look of perplexity appeared in his face. "What do you think of yonder ship?" asked Owen. "I will not disguise my belief from you that she is the Coquille," answered the lieutenant.
The officers all swear by Vinoy, and hold the military capacity both of Trochu and Ducrot very cheap. In the desperate strait to which Paris is reduced, something more than a man estimable for his private virtues, and his literary attainments is required. Trochu, as we are frequently told, gave up his brougham in order to adopt his nephews.
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