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Paris, April 8. The Government troops made avigorous attack upon the insurgent Nationals at Neuilly, and the combat still continues. The Nationals have everywhere abandoned the offensive for the defensive. A large force of insurgent guerillas surrounded the Government troops, and a bold attempt made by them to pierce the lines of the "Versailles army and return to Paris proved utterly futile. All the shops are closed, for the men to serve in the organization. Paris, April 7. The situation is hourly becoming more alarming, the forces of the Commune growing bolder. ;
•■ r ;- "- = =-; — ** > Thiers' proposition to treat inspired thd Commune with fresh hopes. A battle is raging in the fields between Chatillion and Vauvres. Crowds of women and children are frantic with grief, searching the ambulance as it arrives for bodies of husbands and fathers. The slaughter on both sides has been fearful. The church,es*and houses of aristocrats have been pillaged, all the priests imprisoned, and a great many murders have taken place. On Good Friday there was no religions service in Paris. German intervention id the oiAf hope.
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Grey River Argus, Volume X, Issue 867, 8 May 1871, Page 2
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