Colonel Claremont, who had put off his departure, witnessed the fight in the redoubt which General Fave had built opposite Joinville.

He was nearly killed several times by bombs from La Faisanderie, which was behind him, bursting short.
The Parisians are somewhat taken aback at the victory resulting in a retreat.

They appear, however, to be as ignorant of the environs of their own capital as they are of foreign countries, and they never condescend to consult a map.

While some of them shake their heads in despair of success, the majority are under the impression that Villiers and Champigny are far beyond the range of the guns of our forts, and that as the ground near them is still occupied by our troops, something which will lead to the speedy retreat of the Prussians has been done.

We are two millions, they say; we will all die rather than surrender: and they appear to be under the impression that if they only say this often enough, Paris never will be taken.