Several sorties were made by the garrison on the 13th
inst., notably against Aulnay, Le Bourget, and Dugny, none of them producing any serious results. According to the English accounts from the German side, the attack on Le Bourget, which was made at night, was defeated by a determined rifle fire from the Guards, but was repeated with the greatest gallantry, the second attack lasting twenty minutes. It was followed by a third, so severe that the Germans were obliged to bring up reinforcements. As to Le Bourget, the French account does not greatly differ from the Anglo- German, acknowledging that the retreat was caused by the " lively fire" from the Guards ; as to Drancy, the narratives are hope- lessly at variance, the Germans affirming that the French sallied out and were repulsed, while the French affirm that the Germans attacked and were vigorously driven back. In any case the total result appears to have been small, except as to losses, about which little is known, and up to Friday there is no sign of the sorties having been repeated. The Germans, however, profess to expect one more attempt with the entire force at General Trochu's disposal.
