General Vinoy, who was in the Crimea, says that all that the French, English, and Russians did there was child's play in comparison with the Prussian artillery.

From the size of the unburst shells which have been picked up, their cannon must be enormous.

The question now is, whether the forts will be able to hold out against them.

The following account of what has taken place from the _Verite_ is by far the best which has been published:-- "Notwithstanding that the fire of the enemy slackened on the 26th, the Prussians were not losing their time.

Thanks to the hardness of the soil, and to the fog, they had got their guns into position in all their batteries from Villenomble to Montfermeil.