Chaumont and the heights of Belleville by assault, the artillery having by its able firing prepared the way for the occupation. Finally, on the 28th, the defences of Belleville yielded, and the first corps achieved brilliantly the task which had been confided to them. During the days of the struggle and fighting you rendered the greatest service to civilization, and have acquired a claim to the gratitude of the country. Accept then all the praise which is due to you. Paris, 29th May, 1871. The General commanding the First Corps d’Armee, (Signed) “LADMIRAULT.”” During the day of the 28th of Kay Marshal MacMahon caused the following proclamation to be posted in the streets of Paris:— “Inhabitants of Paris,— The army of France is come to save you. Paris is relieved. The last positions of the insurgents were taken by our soldiers at four o’clock. Today the struggle is at an end; order, labour, and security are springing up again. Paris, Quartier General, the 28th May, 1871. (Signed) “MACMAHON, Due de Magenta, Marshal of France, Commander-in-Chief.” On the 28th of May the war of the Communists was at an end, but the fort of Vincennes was still occupied by three hundred National Guards, with eighteen of their superior officers and fifteen of the high functionaries of the Commune; They made an appeal to the commander of the Prussian forces in front of the fort, in the hope of obtaining passports for Switzerland. General Vinoy, hearing of this, took at once the most energetic measures, and at six o’clock on the 29th of May the last defenders of Vincennes surrendered at discretion. XVI. The amount of the extraordinary expenses of the Versailles was, at the rate of three millions of francs a day, 216 millions from the 18th March to the 28th May. The list of artillery implements removed from the arsenals of Douai, Lyon, Besançon, Toulon, and Cherbourg, and forwarded to Versailles from the 18th March to the 21st May, comprise— 80 cannons of 0.16m (6 in. 299/1000 diameter) from the War Arsenal 60 ” ” ” from the Marine Arsenal 10 ” of 0.22m (8 in. 661/1000 diameter) Marine. 110 Rifled long 24-pounders. 30 Rifled short 24-pounders. 80 Rifled siege 12-pounders. 3 Mortars of 0.32m (12 in. 598/1000 diameter). 15 Mortars of 0.27m (10 in. 629/1000 diameter). 15 Mortars of 0.22m (8 in. 661/1000 diameter). 40 Mortars of 0.15m (5 in. 905/1000 diameter). —— Total 393 artillery siege pieces. Ammunition received at Versailles—