The enemy then turned their attention to the forts of Rosny and Noisy.

It hailed shot on these two forts, and had they not been solidly built they would not have withstood it.

The noise of this cannonade was so loud that it could be heard in the centre of Paris.

Around the Fort of Noisy the projectiles sank into the frozen ground to a depth of two and a half metres, and raised blocks of earth weighing 30lbs.

Shells fell as far as Romainville.