He, it appears, is to be the scapegoat of the Bourget affair.

I hear from the Quartier-General that the real reason why the artillery did not arrive in time to hold this position was, not because Bellemare did not ask for it, but because he could not get it.

Red tape and routine played their old game.

From St.
Denis none could be sent, because St.Denis is within the "territorial defence of Paris," and Bourget is not.

In vain Bellemare's officers went here and there.