Descriptive portraiture of Europe in storm and calm; twenty years' experiences and reminiscences of an American journalist, sketches and records of noted events, celebrated persons and places, national and international affairs in France, Spain, Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Belgium, Austria, Hungary, Roumania, Turkey-in-Europe, Switzerland and Italy . f the Avenue de la Grande Armee,and hastened towards the ramparts atthat point, where a gate opened into thePorte Maillot. Here I was brought toa sharp halt by a sentinel, who assuredme that I could go no farther; and eventhe production of nu
Descriptive portraiture of Europe in storm and calm; twenty years' experiences and reminiscences of an American journalist, sketches and records of noted events, celebrated persons and places, national and international affairs in France, Spain, Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Belgium, Austria, Hungary, Roumania, Turkey-in-Europe, Switzerland and Italy . f the Avenue de la Grande Armee,and hastened towards the ramparts atthat point, where a gate opened into thePorte Maillot. Here I was brought toa sharp halt by a sentinel, who assuredme that I could go no farther; and eventhe production of numerous Communisticpasses was of only sufficient avail to EUROPE IN STORM AND CALM. 441 procure me a threat of immediate arrestif I ventured to mount the ramparts. Iturned away, and pro(;eeded in the direc-tion of the Triumphal Arch. On gettingnear this monument, whence I couldhave an unobstructed view of the Neuillygate and as far as Coiirbevoie, on thelong, straight avenue of Neuilly, whichruns without the slightest curve or break now endeavoring to retake. This barri-cade was stoutly defimded by the insur-gents, who were protected by batterieson all sides. In and around the Triumphal Arch, andhalf-way down the avenue of the GrandArmy, in the direction of the fighting,was clustered, perched, stuffed, packed,and jammed together, a crowd of perhaps. THE RUE PERROXET AT NEUILLY. until the hill shuts out the view beyond,I saw that a battle was engaged, andshells were beginning to fall unpleasantlynear. Many exploded in the air, andeach shell was said to have one hundredbullets in it. At the top of the hill justmentioned is a large tower, and half-waybetween this tower and the gate of theParis fortifications was a huge barricade,which the Versailles troo[)S had licld theday before, had abandoned, and were thirty thousand people. Most of thesewere citizens of Paris, and from the upperclasses. They were in carriages anddog-carts, mounted on omnibuses, andon the balconies and roofs of
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