It appears to be clear, from a comparison of all
accounts, that the bombardment of Paris so far has done little harm. It has not depressed the Parisians, has not greatly injured Paris—though a few houses, and large buildings used as hospitals have been struck, and the slaughter of citizens amounts to eighteen a day— and it has not silenced the forts. Day, Montrouge, and Vanvres are often silent, but they are not silenced, and the Germans do not venture to storm. Great efforts will shortly be made to push the batteries nearer, but the fire from the enceinte is formidable, and Trochu apparently moves his guns by railway. According to the Kriegs Zeitung of Berlin, he has really invented an original method of defence. A heavy battery opens fire, the German batteries concentrate upon it, but after an immense expenditure of shells, the battery opens in a fresh place as formidable as ever. The losses on both sides are represented as slight, but both sides probably make the beat of them.
