At nine on Saturday morning, after a very heavy artillery fire from the batteries at Stains and Dugny, which was replied to from the forts of Aubervilliers and l'Est, La Briche and St.Denis, heavy masses of infantry advanced from Staines and Gonesse.

When they approached the village the fire which was concentrated on them was so heavy that they were obliged to fall back.

At about twelve o'clock I went out by the gate of La Villette.

Between the ramparts and the Fort of Aubervilliers there were large masses of troops held in reserve, and I saw several battalions of National Guards among them, belonging, I heard, to the Volunteers.

I pushed on to an inn situated at the intersection of the roads to Bourget and Courneuve.