I anticipate very shortly a sortie in force.

An attempt will be made with the Second Army to pierce the Prussian lines.

There appears no reason to doubt that it will fail, and then the cry for peace will become so strong that the Government will be obliged to listen seriously to it.
General Trochu's new organization is severely criticised.

I hear from military men that he elaborated it himself with his personal friends.

So secret was it kept, that the Minister of War knew nothing about it until it appeared in the _Journal Officiel_ yesterday.